Sylvie Grégoire

Member of the Board, member of the Audit Committee, member of the Nomination Committee and member of the Research & Development Committee

Sylvie Grégoire, Member of the Board, Member of the Audit Committee, Member of the Nomination Committee, Member of the R&D Committee

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Positions and management duties

Ms Grégoire serves as chair of the board of Corvidia Therapeutics Inc., US and executive chair of the board of EIP Pharma, Inc., US. Further, Ms Grégoire serves as a member of the board of Perkin Elmer Inc., US.

Former positions

Ms Grégoire is former president of Human Genetic Therapies Shire PLC, US and Switzerland from 2007 to 2013. Prior to that, she was executive chair of IDM Pharma Inc., US, from 2006 to 2007, and president and chief executive officer in GlycoFi Inc., US from 2003 to 2004. From 1995 to 2003 Ms Grégoire held various leadership positions in Biogen, Inc., in France and the US, recently as executive vice president of Technical Operations. Prior to this, Ms Grégoire was at Merck and Co, in clinical research and regulatory affairs in Canada, US and Belgium for a period of 8 years.

Novo Nordisk

Ms Grégoire was first elected to the Board of Novo Nordisk A/S in March 2015 and has most recently been re-elected in March 2020. Her term as a board member expires in March 2021.

In March 2020, the Board of Directors of Novo Nordisk A/S assessed that Ms Grégoire is regarded as an independent board member as defined in Section 3.2.1 of the Recommendations on Corporate Governance designated by Nasdaq Copenhagen.

Ms Grégoire became member of the Audit Committee at Novo Nordisk A/S in March 2015. In March 2020 the Board of Directors of Novo Nordisk A/S assessed that Ms Grégoire qualifies as independent pursuant to the US Securities Exchange Act.

Ms Grégoire became member of the Research & Development Committee at Novo Nordisk A/S at the establishment in March 2017 and Ms Grégoire became member of the Nomination Committee at Novo Nordisk A/S in March 2018.

Special competences

In January 2020 the Board of Directors assessed that the special competences possessed by Ms Grégoire that are important for the performance of her duties are her deep knowledge of the regulatory environment in both the US and the EU, having experience with all phases of the product life cycle, including discovery, registration, pre-launch and managing the life cycle while on the market. In addition, Ms Grégoire has financial insight, including into P&L responsibility.

Education

  • 1986: Pharmacy Doctorate degree, the State University of NY at Buffalo, US,
  • 1984: BA in Pharmacy, Laval University, Canada.
  • 1980: Science College degree, Séminaire de Sherbrooke, Canada.

Nationality and age

Ms Grégoire is both a Canadian and US national, born November 1961.