On Mairead McCaul’s first day in nursing college, her tutor said something that has always stayed with her: “when you're caring for a patient, you’re in a privileged position and you should always treat them as if they were your mother or your father or your brother or sister or your child”. Mairead carried these words with her throughout her time in nursing and midwifery, working in sales in the laboratory diagnostics sector, and into the position she holds today as MD, Human Health, of one of Ireland’s leading healthcare companies.
MSD has been in Ireland for over 50-years and the company employs over 3000 colleagues across five different sites around Ireland. Mairead joined the company in 2007 and, having worked in various roles across the company, was promoted into her current role as well as that of Head of MSD Ireland’s Country Leadership Team in 2020. She credits her progression largely to having “managers and a leadership team in MSD that saw something in me that I might not necessarily have seen in myself and really encouraged me to continue to progress.”
In this episode of The EY Podcast: CEO Outlook Series, Mairead McCaul, MD of MSD Ireland Human Heath & Country Leader shares the story of her remarkable journey through the healthcare industry in Ireland. In conversation with host Richard Curran, she talks about growing up on a farm in rural Ireland, her various roles in the healthcare sector, and her vision for the future of patient care.
They also discuss:
· The huge significance and impact of the pharma industry in Ireland.
· Personalised medicine – what it is and its role in the future of healthcare.
· Mairead’s leadership style and why she like to always challenge the status quo.
· Why some medicines manufactured in Ireland are not available to Irish patients, and Mairead’s work on increasing their availability and affordability.
· The advice she would give to other business leaders just starting out in the role.
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