Slavé Petrovski is Head of Genome Analytics and Bioinformatics and Vice President, Astra Zeneca. His background is in human genomics, population genetics, precision medicine and leading large-scale human genomics studies. He joined AstraZeneca in August 2017 and his role as Vice President and Head of Genome Analytics and Bioinformatics for AstraZeneca’s Centre for Genomics Research (CGR) involves leading the design and implementation of human genomic studies as part of AstraZeneca’s Genomics Initiative. My team applies human genetics to inform and drive novel target discovery, target validation, target safety, precision medicine and late-stage support. Prior to this, he was a Senior Research Fellow and Group Leader in Computational Genomics within the Department of Medicine at the University of Melbourne, Australia. He was awarded a PhD in Bioinformatics and Biostatistics from the Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry & Health Sciences at the University of Melbourne in 2011.Over his career, he has made important contributions to human and population genomics, including key contributions to the science of target discovery and variant interpretation.