SPEAKERS
Julie Zhou, HR Vice President Sanofi Asia Pacific
Julie Zhou is HR Vice President Sanofi Asia Pacific, Julie has over 20 years experience in senior HR leadership roles in Global Fortune 500 companies. Her career in multinational organizations spans hospitality industry, Chemical Industry, IT Industry, Automotive Industry in multinational & global organizations. Julie possesses deep command of the HR generalist role. She also has a thorough understanding of the HR function's scope and impact on the critical success factors that ensure sustainable business growth. This would include workforce strategy, talent acquisition, compensation & benefits, leadership capability development, learning, organizational capability development and employee engagement. She is an ICF (International Coach Federation) certified Coach with over 100 hours coaching senior level leaders from Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan, Hong Kong, China and other region. She is an advisor to the IBM Strategy &Transformation, workforce strategy, M&A, and talent acquisition. In addition, she is the mentor to the China European International Business School(CEIBS)MBA,EMBA students, and vice chair of CEIBS HR Study and Research Group.
About Sanofi
Sanofi, a global healthcare leader, has a strong commitment to China, develops and distributes therapeutic solutions focused on patients’ needs. In 1982, Sanofi became one of the first foreign pharmaceutical companies to open offices in China. Today, Sanofi has 9,000 employees in China, and is one of fastest growing healthcare companies in the country. Sanofi’s China headquarters are in Shanghai, supported 11 regional offices in Beijing, Tianjin, Shenyang, Shanghai, Hangzhou, Nanjing, Wuhan, Chengdu, Guangzhou, Jinan and Urumqi. In 2014, Sanofi’s net sales amounted to €33,770 million. Sanofi has three principal business segments: Pharmaceutical, human vaccines and animal health. In pharmaceutical area, Sanofi is uniquely positioned to address public health needs in China with a broad portfolio of innovative medicines in cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, oncology, central nervous system diseases and internal diseases ; In Vaccines area,with innovative vaccines preventing influenza, pediatric infectious diseases, and pneumococal disease, Sanofi Pasteur contributes to the advancement of disease prevention in China ; In Animal Health,Merial,the annimal health division of Sanofi, mainly producing Avian vaccines against disease affecting poultry broilers and layers, as well as providing related vaccination equipment and technical services. In addition, Merial’s Swine and Pets imported vaccines and pharmaceuticals are well-know brands and widely recommended by veterinaries and experts in China.