Hi, my name is …

Edward Liu. I was born and raised in Shanghai, China. I started my career as a consultant and worked at Deloitte for four years. In 2017, I moved to the US to pursue my MBA degree at Duke University. After graduation, I joined Roche on the Finance Perspectives programme—with the first three months onboarding at Roche Diagnostics headquarters in Rotkreuz followed by an 8-month rotation as a Business Controller at the Roche Finland pharma affiliate. I am now on my second rotation working for Roche Pharma Research & Early Development (pRED) Finance in Basel.

I have a one-year old boy, Kyle, who was born 10 days before I received the offer from Roche. It is a bit challenging to take my family with me during the rotations, but I also see it as an exciting journey we will never forget.

My typical day at work is …

In general, I try to do two things every day: learn from my talented colleagues and make as much impact as possible. During my current rotation I work closely with early development project teams on their clinical studies as a Finance Business Partner. I help the team make budget requests to our governance committee, track project spending and support decision-making from a finance perspective. I enjoy talking with scientists and researchers in the team and try to learn everything about the molecule, disease, mechanism of action, etc. I am also proud that what I am working on now might make a difference to someone else’s life at some point in the future.