Dear Alumni, You are invited to the next Swiss Healthcare Club Fireside Chat Series, featuring Nigel Sheail, former Global Head of M&A, Business Development and Licensing at Novartis, and moderated by Eric de la Fortelle, MBA ‘99D.
Current Trends and Future Direction of Pharma Deal-Making 9 Feb 2023
Partnerships and acquisitions play an increasingly central role in pharmaceutical innovation. This one-hour in-person discussion is a unique opportunity for the INSEAD community to engage with Boris and explore what these trends could mean for the future of health.
Boris L. Zaïtra Head of Group Business Development – Mergers & Acquisitions, Business Development Finance and Real Estate Transactions Boris is Head of Group Business Development / M&A at Hoffmann-La Roche and is based in Basel, Switzerland: in this role, he leads Roche’s strategic mergers and acquisitions as well as Real Estate divestments across the Roche Group businesses and supports Pharma in-licensing transactions on the finance side. Boris joined Roche in April 2012 from the Airbus Group where he worked for seven years as Head of the Mergers & Acquisitions department. Prior to joining Airbus in late 2005, he was a Partner with the mid-market private equity firm Duke Street Capital and was involved in deals in the UK and France. Previously, he was an M&A Associate with JP Morgan in London, focusing primarily on the Oil & Gas industry. Boris graduated from Ecole Polytechnique in France in 1995 and the Harvard Advanced Management Programme in 2009 (AMP 177). He is married with two young children.
Moderator Eric de la Fortelle, MBA ‘99D, Swiss Healthcare Club leadership team member Programme 18:00 Welcome 18:30 Fireside chat 19.30 Apéro Riche Key Facts When: Thursday, February 9, 2023, 18:00 Where:Dunkelrestaurant, Dornacherstrasse 192, 4053 Basel Tickets: CHF 70 NAA Members (paid-up) //CHF 95 Alumni Non-Members & Guests Registration:https://www.xing-events.com/FVJLALH INSEAD Alumni Association Switzerland Eric de la Fortelle, MBA ‘99D, Swiss Healthcare Club leadership team member Aleksandar Ruzicic, MBA’97J, Swiss Healthcare Club President events@insead.ch