Emma Walmsley

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Emma Walmsley (2019)

Emma Walmsley (* 1969 ) is CEO of the British pharmaceutical manufacturer GlaxoSmithKline . She is considered the first woman to head a global pharmaceutical company. According to Forbes , she is number 17 on the list of the most powerful women in the world .

Life

Emma Walmsley was born in 1969 in Barrow-in-Furness in North East England . Her father, Sir Robert Walmsley, is a Vice Admiral in the Royal Navy . She has a Masters in Classics and Modern Languages ​​from the University of Oxford .

Walmsley initially worked for the cosmetics manufacturer L'Oréal for 17 years , including as a manager in Shanghai , before moving to GSK in 2010. She has been running the group since April 2017. Since September 2019 she has also been a member of the Board of Directors of Microsoft .

Walmsley lives in London, is married and has four children.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Carsten Volkery: This is how the boss of Glaxo-Smithkline is rebuilding the pharmaceutical company. Handelsblatt , December 19, 2018, accessed on January 11, 2020 .
  2. ↑ a b c # 17 Emma Walmsley. Forbes , accessed January 11, 2020 .
  3. ↑ a b c Michael Griesdorf: Emma Walmsley: Focus on innovation. Finanz und Wirtschaft , July 31, 2017, accessed January 11, 2020 .
  4. ↑ a b c Emma Walmsley. In: Portrait on the company website. GlaxoSmithKline , accessed on January 11, 2020 (eng).
  5. ↑ Microsoft nominates GSK CEO Walmsley to board. Thomson Reuters , September 19, 2019, accessed on January 11, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Walmsley, Emma
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British manager
DATE OF BIRTH 1969
PLACE OF BIRTH Barrow-in-Furness , England