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Nurturing The Next Generation Of Top Talent

Biotech Leaders Tell Their Career Stories

 
• By Lucie Ellis-Taitt

Coaching and mentoring are important tools for the leaders of today to be able to foster the next generation of talent in the biopharma sector. While the routes into industry have not changed dramatically – most leaders hold a master’s degree and/or PhD – the expectations of rising leaders have altered and the industry itself has become more collaborative. 

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In exclusive interviews, Anne Whitaker, CEO of Aerami Therapeutics, who is passionate about mentoring and is active in promoting higher education in STEM sectors, and Filippo Petti, CEO of Celyad SA, who recently shifted from a finance to chief executive role, talk to In Vivo about their career journeys, promoting top talent and aspirations for the future.

Petti started his career, after studying biochemistry and pharmaceutical sciences at degree level, with an internship at OSI Pharmaceuticals...

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