Christopher Aguwa

Christopher N. Aguwa is Executive Vice President, Head of Growth and Business Development at CityBlock Health, a provider of advanced primary care services inclusive of primary, behavioral, and social care for low income and underserved communities based in New York with subsidiaries across the US. In his role, Chris leads the Growth office and the execution of the company’s value-based care arrangements with health plans. His responsibilities also include product development, business development, and strategy. In 2022, Mr. Aguwa was named a Crain’s New York Notable Healthcare Leader, Becker’s Healthcare Under 40 Rising Star, Startup Health’s Health Transformer, and is a 2022 Modern Healthcare 100Most Influential People nominee.

Mr. Aguwa also served as Vice President of Payor Partnerships and Strategy at DaVita, an industry leading kidney dialysis provider and kidney care management company where he was responsible for growing their Integrated Kidney Care business. Mr. Aguwa has also held Corporate and Business Development roles at both Aetna (a CVS Health Company) and Evolent Health where he oversaw extensive deal flow evaluating transformative mergers &acquisitions, joint ventures, and corporate venture capital investments; most notably the sale of Aetna to CVS Health, creation of the Allina|Aetna joint venture health plan, investment in AbleTo and the creation of the Evolent ACO.

Previous to building a career in healthcare, Mr. Aguwa was an attorney for over five years with a primary focus on real estate securities litigation. Mr. Aguwa earned his M.B.A. from Oxford University Saïd Business School, J.D. from Howard University and B.A. from the University of Michigan.

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