Chief People Officer / Executive Board Member at STADA Group

4 September 2024

From Shanghai to Paris...
From CEIBS to HEC!

I recently had the privilege of visiting two of the world's top business schools – China Europe International Business School (CEIBS) in Shanghai and HEC Paris. Both institutions are recognized for their academic excellence and global reach, making them leaders in business education. Our sessions were more than just presentations; they were inspiring exchanges with brilliant minds eager to shape the future. It was also a fantastic opportunity to introduce STADA Group and our #GrowthCulture, and to share insights about our unique Future Leaders Program #STADAxlrt, for which we are currently hiring globally.

Engaging with such talented individuals reaffirms our commitment to building an international team of #GrowthMindsetters dedicated to driving our purpose of Caring for People's Health!

Thanks to my colleagues Frank Staud, Nadja Mergenthal, Jessalyn Cao and Anni Zhao, CESGA for joining!

#OneSTADA #FutureLeaders #CultureDrivesPerformance #TalentManagemen

CEO, STADA

9 September 2024

Culture Drives Performance – our growth journey together as #OneSTADA team.

STADA Group’s above-market growth is a result of our high employee engagement and purpose-driven culture. At our global townhall, we laid out the plan for the rest of the year and priorities for another year of outperformance. As always, a personal highlight was celebrating our Value Award winners for H1. They are true value role models, leveraging our power to push the boundaries and be better every day!

INTEGRITY Award: Cindy Viehl, Head of Demand Management Global Specialty, Germany, for realizing this unique opportunity to strengthen our Specialty segment with the first-to-market launch in Europe of an ustekinumab biosimilar by coordinating with highest integrity among all internal and external stakeholders, including patients.

ENTREPRENEURSHIP Award: Florian Kropf, Head of Marketing P&S and VMS, Germany, for creating a love brand by awakening a sleeping beauty brand – ELOTRANS. The new form ELOTRANS reload addresses all areas of dehydration in daily life (esp. in sports). Florian and the team are driving entrepreneurial brand building at its best with out-of-the-box creativity.

AGILITY Award: Shahenda El Zeini, Sales Manager RX – KWT & QA, for finding new ways to bring STADA’s Specialty portfolio to patients in Kuwait and making STADA a strong, emerging and successful partner for the health system.

ONESTADA Award: Inge-Merete Larsen, General Manager STADA Nordics, for driving outstanding continued success of our Generics portfolio based on close cooperation with global teams for excellent launches in H1 in a rapidly changing tender environment.

PERFORMANCE Award: Vladan Stanojević, Site Head Hemofarm Serbia, for leading his team at our key production site in Vrsac to even higher levels of performance and efficiency in the first half of this year.

Our great competitive advantage is our Culture. Thank you to all colleagues worldwide for your outstanding commitment! Let’s use this momentum to continue to meet the healthcare needs of our patients and customers around the world. You all rock!

#OneSTADAForGrowth

EVP Emerging Markets at STADA Group

31 August 2024

I just closed another week in China, this time with my colleagues Simone Berger, EVP and Chief People Officer, and Frank Staud, EVP and Global Head of Communications and Branding at STADA Group. The highlight of the week was for sure our day in Shenzhen to meet some of the senior leaders of CR Sanjiu (CR999), the market leader in Consumer Healthcare in China with whom we established a strategic partnership recently.

We were pleased to see that CR Sanjiu’s Purpose, “Creating a Better Life for People” is very similar to ours, “Caring for People’s Health”, and is both the North Star and an inspiration for their employees in their daily work. As their Vision, to outgrow the industry to become a leader in the segments where they operate, is fundamentally the same as ours at STADA Group, it was very easy to understand their perspectives and opportunities on our Consumer Healthcare business, and to work together towards common goals.

Overall, that day in their Head Office was certainly very beneficial and productive, and helped to build further trust, respect and relationships between our teams. It reinforced the confidence we have that CR Sanjiu is the right strategic partner for STADA to accelerate its growth in China.

I take this opportunity to thank Ms. Hui Zhou, EVP, Secretary of the Board and Head of Investments at CR Sanjiu, for the organization of this meeting.

#CaringforPeople’sHealth #ConsumerHealthcare

Senior Manager Global Talent Management at STADA Group

30 August 2024

What happens if….
you put 28 brilliant minds from 16 different countries into one room?

You get solid ideas that challenge the status quo, a connection between people that exceeds borders, ethnicities and cultures, as well as an energising passion, that fills the room.

…and fun, of course 😂

Our Keep Growing cohort 2024 has started their first Live Session in Barcelona this week, dealing with topics like authentic leadership, trust and personal resilience management.

a huge thx to Mar Fabregas and Arturo Ferrer for making this possible. Your warm welcome and your professional input is invaluable!

Executive Vice President Global Communications, Branding & Sponsoring

2 September 2024

Last week, I had the pleasure of joining our STADA Group colleagues in China. Together with Simone Berger and Stéphane Jacqmin we visited our key business partner CR Sanjiu (CR999) in Shenzhen. This productive meeting highlighted the impressive reach of a company that serves over 400,000 pharmacies across China.

Proud to see the outstanding commitment of our colleagues and partners in expanding access to medicines for patients and customers nationwide. A personal highlight was celebrating the Chinese OneSTADA value award – congrats to Janice Ling! I enjoyed engaging with our teams on communication effectiveness and the #OneSTADA spirit, which connects us as one team through our internal comms channels, especially our employee app. Seeing the achievements of our teams in Hong Kong, Taiwan, and across the region fills me with gratitude.

It was inspiring to present STADA to students at the globally renowned China Europe International Business School (CEIBS) (www.ceibs.edu), discussing personal growth and future readiness. China is an increasingly important market for us, and I am confident it will continue to deliver on our purpose #CaringForPeoplesHealth.

Head of Marketing at STADA Emerging Markets

3 September 2024