People

Emilie Grand-Perret
Head of Business Unit Pharmaceuticals
Emilie joined Novartis in 2001. She started her career in her home country France and she has held different posts in sales and marketing across diverse therapeutic areas, including cardiology, pneumology, neurology. She has also experience from global strategic marketing at the headquarters of the company in Basel. Before joining the Czech bureau, Emilie was the Head of Marketing in Neuroscience in the USA. Emilie holds master degree in pharmaceutics from the Universite de Pharmacie de Besancon and in management from ESSEC Business School.
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Darren Glynn
Head NGSC Prague & NBS CONEXTS Region Europe
Darren Glynn accepted the role of Head of NGSC Prague at the end of 2019, in addition to his position as NBS CONEXTS Region Europe.
Darren aspires for NGSC Prague to be a place where innovative ideas come to life. He sees the site's great potential to become the best-in-class enterprise service organization providing integrated solutions that increase value for our patients and customers. Darren draws his inspiration from leading diverse teams represented in Prague by more than 80 nationalities speaking with 30+ languages – talented people, top experts working together in a creative and supportive environment to deliver world-class services and innovative solutions.
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Jiří Hanzlík
Country Head Sandoz s.r.o.
He has been working in the pharmaceutical industry for more than 20 years. He joined Sandoz in 2011, where after 6 years managing the Rx and Hospital Business Units, he assumed responsibility for our entire commercial operations in the capacity of Country Head and is also a member of the Novartis Country Leadership Teams.
He has been a member of the Board of Directors of the Czech Association of Pharmaceutical Companies (ČAFF) since 2017 and was appointed Chairman of the Board of Directors of this association in 2021.
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Kateřina Nosek
Head of Communications
Kateřina joined Novartis in 2020. She is in charge of external and internal communication of the company, including the role of a spokesperson. She brought into her role rich experience in marketing and communication from leading Czech publishing houses, as well as from transnational retail companies.
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Julian Dagher
Let us welcome a new member to our Novartis Czech Republic team, Julien Dagher. Julien has been appointed as General Manager for the Oncology business unit for the Czech Republic. He joined Novartis in 2013 and accomplished several roles in Pharma and Oncology across Europe.

In Julien’s words, „ I am really excited to be joining the Czech Oncology team. What that team has already achieved for cancer patients, while healthcare systems were under extreme pressure due to the pandemic, is incredibly inspiring. As we learn to live with this virus, I believe that there is so much more we can still do, with these new ways of working and engaging at our disposal „ Julien holds a Doctor of Pharmacy degree and a Masters in Medical Management.