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born 1969 England
Emma Walmsley (born June 1969) is the chief executive officer (CEO) of GSK plc. Before GSK, she worked for L'Oréal for 17 years, and was a non-executive director of Diageo until September 2016.
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"It doesn’t need to be a long list [of medicines], it needs to be a list of things that are going to make a difference."
"I have a right to be at the top table in business."
"People regret far more what they don’t do rather than what they do."
"There is no better return on investment in healthcare than vaccination, apart from clean water.”
“I don’t think anyone can fully explain how to prepare you for what it’s like to be a CEO until you’re actually on the job.”
“We are seeing new solutions being brought to previously unpreventable infectious diseases.”
The last thing I’d say in terms of capital allocation is: no one should be in any doubt about our commitment to and recognition of the primacy of delivering returns to shareholders.
"The part of our trust agenda is being a modern employer where whoever you are … you can bring the very best version of yourself to work without fear of any kind of inappropriate behavior."
We don’t manufacture there, so there’s no direct impact in terms of China-US relations. Perhaps you could even argue there may be opportunity as a British-based but global company for us.
"Everyone thinks the answer to every question these days is AI. It isn't. The answer to every question these days is all about the people. If you have a technically brilliant, aligned, energetic, committed, diverse, team, you can achieve absolutely anything,”
I mean we have been through quite a radical transformation as a company over the last five years.
The situation is very fluid. We’ve been anticipating it for some time and we are confident that we will navigate through it. Our priority is always to make sure that we are securing supply of our medicines and vaccines to the people and patients who need it.
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