Dear colleagues,
I am pleased to inform you about the following evolution in the HR Leadership Team:
Effective 1 April, Clémence ELIE will take on the role of Global Head of Talent Acquisition (TA) in addition to her role as Global HR Business Partner Lead for R&D. Clémence continues to report directly to me and will move back to Europe, based in Paris.
Throughout the last seven years at Ipsen, Clémence has made a strong impact across different teams, functions and geographies, most recently as Global HRBP Lead for North America and R&D, and previously as Head of Global Patient Safety. Her contribution has been essential to the growth of North America, the effectiveness of our HR function and most recently the R&D transformation.
As part of her new role, Clémence will shape our global Talent Acquisition and Executive Search strategy. She will continue to build our recruitment capabilities, and partner closely with business and HR leadership to attract and hire the talent needed to deliver on our ambitions. She will lead the TA and Executive Search team and drive a consistent, best-in-class experience for candidates and hiring teams worldwide.
She will continue to play a key role in the ongoing R&D transformation, acting as a trusted advisor to Christelle HUGUET and the R&D leadership team, and be a part of the RDLT as well as the HRLT.
In line with our global “make or break” priorities, Fabienne ASTIER, Global Head of Talent, will continue to accelerate our global talent agenda across the Talent Value Chain in support of our ambition and strategy. A strong emphasis will be placed on the Anticipate pillar, which brings together Talent Intelligence, Strategic Workforce Planning and Team Effectiveness to better understand our people and teams, anticipate future skills, and create the conditions for sustained performance.
Fabienne will continue to oversee targeted executive and SVP hiring, while further strengthening the Develop pillar through Talent Management and our Leadership and Development offer, supporting the growth of our people. Through the Engage pillar—the final step of the Talent Value Chain—Fabienne will continue to lead Culture and DEI, ensuring our talent efforts translate into inclusion and sustained performance.
She will continue to report directly to me and remain a member of the HR Leadership Team.
Please join me in wishing Clémence every success for her new role at Ipsen and thanking Fabienne for her strong contribution to building up and evolving the Talent Acquisition function at Ipsen.
In this context, I am pleased to announce the appointment of Rebecca MILBURY as Global HR BP Lead North America & GPPS effective 6 April. Rebecca will be based in Cambridge and will report directly to me. She will be a member of the North America Leadership Team, the GPPS Leadership Team and the HR Leadership Team and as well as the Global Leadership Team.
Rebecca MILBURY is a people strategy executive with nearly 20 years of experience leading and scaling organizations, primarily within the life sciences industry. Most recently, she served as Chief People Officer at BlueRock Therapeutics, a Cambridge-based biotech focused on clinical stage cell therapy. In that role, she helped guide the company through a period of rapid scientific and organizational growth while strengthening leadership capability and culture. Previously, Rebecca built and led the HR Business Partner and HR Operations functions at Foundation Medicine, supporting the company’s expansion into a multi-product organization of more than 1,700 employees.
Rebecca has partnered closely with boards and executive teams to build high-performing, mission-driven organizations. She brings strong HR leadership experience in talent strategy, organizational development, and employee engagement, across pharma, biotech and consumer goods/retail industry, along with deep knowledge of the US market.
In her new role, she will partner closely with Michelle C. WERNER, EVP, President North America North America as well as Mari SCHEIFFELE, EVP GPPS & Chief Product Officer. She will be acting as a trusted advisor to the NA and GPPS leadership teams, driving commercial and launch excellence, and will lead the local HR Operations in North America.
As part of this new organization, Danny ROSE will continue to be the key HR business partner point of contact of the NALT and Heather CLARK will be the main point of contact of GPPS LT.
Please join me in welcoming Rebecca to Ipsen and wishing her every success in her new role.
Regis MULOT
EVP, Chief Human Resources Officer