The Commercial Edge: Unleash the Power of People
Business:Management
In this highlights episode I reflect on what I learned from David Ford about setting up an organisation for restructures.
A key message was "prepare more for sharing bad news than for sharing good news, because it is much harder!"
People want to know what are the implications for them and what is going to happen so when you talk, you must know what these details are.
David Ford joined Prothena Biosciences as Chief People Officer in March 2024. Prothena is a clinical stage, biotechnology company focused on neuroscience. Before joining Prothena, David spent six and a half years as the Chief Human Resources Officer of Intercept Pharmaceuticals, a New York based biotech focused on non viral liver diseases, that was sold to the Italian pharmaceutical company, Alfasigma, in late 2023.
Before joining the biotech world, David spent fifteen years with Sanofi, initially as the Head of HR for the UK and Ireland, then moving to the Paris headquarters of Sanofi for six and a half years. He transferred to the United States in 2011, initially as the Head of HR for North America, before moving to lead the HR function for the Genzyme rare disease business that had been acquired by Sanofi.
David started his career in New Zealand in the dairy food industry, working in HR roles in New Zealand, Latin America and Europe.
David holds a Masters of Business Administration from INSEAD in Fontainebleau.
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