Philippe is an experienced senior manager with a long and successful history working in the pharmaceutical industry. He has strong business development and licensing skills focused on establishing successful, long-term development and commercial relationships with a diverse client pool in the U.S., Europe, and Asia, especially Japan.

Philippe has a technical background in Pharmacy and holds an MBA. He moved from hospital sterile production in the UK, to registration coordination and clinical development at Warner Lambert (Africa Region). He then became part of a joint-venture in Paris between Rhone-Poulenc & Tanabe Pharma in Japan to become the Executive Director of Pharmaceutical Affairs.

Philippe later joined the Novartis Transplantation Unit where he held several executive positions, ultimately becoming the Global Head of Pharma Alliance Management for Novartis in Basel, Switzerland.