Emma Walmsley
 Emma Walmsley     (business executive) | ||||||||||||
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| Born | June 1969 | |||||||||||
| Nationality | British | |||||||||||
| Alma mater | St Swithun's School (Winchester), Christ Church (Oxford) | |||||||||||
| Parents | Robert Walmsley | |||||||||||
| Member of | GlaxoSmithKline/Board | |||||||||||
Big Pharma GlaxoSmithKline CEO who attended Bilderberg/2022. Board of Microsoft "rubbing shoulders with Bill Gates".
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Dame Emma Natasha Walmsley was the chief executive officer (CEO) of GlaxoSmithKline[1] when she attended the 2022 Bilderberg meeting.[2] Before GSK, she worked for L'Oréal for 17 years, and was a non-executive director of the alcohol corporation Diageo until September 2016.[3] She became a board member of Microsoft in 2019, where she would "rub shoulders with business magnate Bill Gates"[4]
Background
Walmsley was born in June 1969, the daughter of Vice-Admiral Sir Robert Walmsley[5] and Christina V. Walmsley (nee Melvill).[6] She boarded at St Swithun's School, Winchester,[5] and has a degree in Classics and Modern Languages from Oxford University, where she was at Christ Church college.[7][8][9]
Career
Walmsley worked at L'Oréal for 17 years where she held a variety of general management and marketing roles in Paris, London and New York. In 2007 she moved to Shanghai as General Manager, Consumer Products for L'Oreal China, where she ran the company's Chinese consumer products business, overseeing global brands including L'Oréal Paris, Maybelline and Garnier, as well as Mininurse, a Chinese skincare brand.[10] At the time of her move to GSK in 2010, Advertising Age quoted company insiders surprised at her departure from L'Oreal, where she had been tipped for one of the most senior global management roles.[11]
She joined GlaxoSmithKline in May 2010 as President of Consumer Healthcare Europe, rising in October 2011 to head its global consumer "healthcare" division as President of Consumer Healthcare Worldwide and a member of the executive team.[12] In March 2015 she became the chief executive officer of Consumer Healthcare. Walmsley was particularly involved in leading the company's drug sales drive in emerging markets.[11] Under her leadership the consumer products division, one of the world's largest, with brands including Panadol, Voltaren and Horlicks, made up nearly a quarter of GlaxoSmithKline's revenues.[13]
She took over as CEO of the company in April 2017,[13][14][15] In August 2017, Walmsley stated that her priority was for GlaxoSmithKline to become more adept at developing and commercialising new drugs. She announced a narrowed set of priorities for drug development, setting a target of allocating 80% of pharma R&D capital to a maximum of four profitable areas, infectious diseases, HIV, respiratory/immunology and oncology.[16][17][18][19]
In January 2018, it was reported that Walmsley had replaced 50 of GlaxoSmithKline's top managers across the company's businesses, and created a number of new roles, including hiring Karenann Terrell from Walmart as chief digital and technology officer.[20][21]
In 2023, Walmsley collected $16 million in total pay, a 51% increase from her compensation in 2022; the second highest paid CEO of a European pharmaceutical company.[22]
Other roles
Walmsley is a member of the GlaxoSmithKline board.[23] She was a non-executive director of Diageo from January to September 2016.[24] In September 2019, Walmsley joined the Microsoft board as an independent director.[25][26]
In 2023, Walmsley ranked 7th [27] in Fortune Magazine's list of "100 Most Powerful Women". In 2019, she ranked 2nd[28] in Fortune Magazine's list of the 'Most Powerful International Women' in business, having topped the list in 2018.[29] In 2023, Walmsley ranked 15th in Forbes list of "World's 100 most powerful women".[30]
Walmsley was appointed Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in the 2020 Birthday Honours for services to the pharmaceutical industry and business.[31]
Event Participated in
| Event | Start | End | Location(s) | Description |
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| Bilderberg/2022 | 2 June 2022 | 5 June 2022 | Washington DC Mandarin Oriental Hotel US | The 68th Bilderberg Meeting, held in Washington DC, after an unprecedented two year hiatus during which a lot of the Bilderberg regulars were busy managing COVID-19 |
References
- ↑ https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/00023307/officers
- ↑ https://www.theguardian.com/business/2016/sep/20/glaxosmithkline-names-emma-walmsley-new-ceo-gsk
- ↑ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/0/seven-female-bosses-ftse-100/headshot-glaxosmithkline-ceo-emma-walmsley/
- ↑ https://www.timesandstar.co.uk/news/18082245.cumbrian-born-gsk-chief-rub-shoulders-bill-gates-new-microsoft-role/
- ↑ a b http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07w5tnf
- ↑ http://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?cite=Ac85BGVmoH1eLsWHZ84PQA&scan=1
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20200316085651/https://www.gsk.com/en-gb/about-us/corporate-executive-team/emma-walmsley/
- ↑ https://medcitynews.com/2017/03/emma-walmsely-big-pharma-first-female-ceo/
- ↑ https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/emma-walmsley-im-not-a-doctor-but-i-know-the-medicine-glaxo-smith-kline-needs-tbxp2f6jf
- ↑ https://leanin.org/stories/emma-walmsley
- ↑ a b https://www.theguardian.com/business/2016/sep/20/emma-walmsley-profile-loreal-gsk-chief-designate-glaxosmithklin
- ↑ https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/people/person.asp?personId=104803505&privcapId=275442
- ↑ a b https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-37416282
- ↑ https://www.wsj.com/articles/glaxosmithkline-names-emma-walmsley-as-new-chief-executive-1474353563
- ↑ https://www.forbes.com/profile/emma-walmsley/
- ↑ https://www.gsk.com/en-gb/innovation/therapeutic-areas/
- ↑ https://www.ft.com/content/deec0e46-76bc-11e7-90c0-90a9d1bc9691
- ↑ https://www.europeanceo.com/profiles/prescription-for-success-emma-walmsley-leads-gsk-transformation/
- ↑ https://www.pharmaceutical-technology.com/news/gsk-ceo-addresses-declining-trust-in-vaccines-following-trump-re-election/?cf-view
- ↑ https://www.fiercepharma.com/corporate/glaxosmithkline-ceo-reshuffles-40-management-team-bid-to-bring-new-ideas
- ↑ https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-01-09/glaxo-ceo-has-replaced-50-top-managers-in-shakeup-to-spur-growth
- ↑ https://www.aol.com/gsk-ceo-emma-walmsleys-total-131927427.html
- ↑ https://www.gsk.com/en-gb/about-us/corporate-executive-team/emma-walmsley/
- ↑ https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/officers/UfH_SRHuWHKxXwjhU6qdrhqfa8w/appointments
- ↑ https://www.cnbc.com/2019/09/19/microsoft-board-adds-glaxosmithkline-ceo-emma-walmsley-fifth-woman.html
- ↑ https://news.microsoft.com/exec/emma-walmsley/
- ↑ https://fortune.com/ranking/most-powerful-women/
- ↑ https://fortune.com/most-powerful-women-international/2019/
- ↑ https://fortune.com/most-powerful-women-international/2018
- ↑ https://www.forbes.com/lists/power-women/
- ↑ https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/63135/supplement/B9
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