Meet Noémi
Trying new things and experimenting has always been a way for me to satisfy my curiosity. As a teenager in the early 2000s, I was very intrigued by the first mobile phones and wanted to understand better how this magic was possible! I went to an engineering school and specialised in telecommunications, and then did an MBA to widen my horizon and specialise in finance while leveraging every opportunity I was given to go abroad for internships or exchange programmes.
I discovered towards the end of my studies the innovative nature of the pharmaceuticals industry, and having benefited from medical treatments as a kid, my heart settled on starting my career in finance in a pharmaceuticals company. As a young professional, I could not imagine settling in Paris and in my home country, I wanted to continue discovering different environments and roles in the global pharmaceuticals industry.
I was lucky to join Roche through the Finance Perspectives programme, which enabled me to better understand how innovative products were developed and how external products were brought inside through partnerships. My first rotations were in Basel in Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) and Global Product Strategy (GPS) and in San Francisco as a Lifecycle Finance Business Partner. My fourth stop was in Spain, where I had the chance to visit many hospitals while working as a sales rep for a few months in the Diagnostics Division. This work was quite eye-opening and made me understand the reality of healthcare professionals. After this, my last rotation was in the area of market access in the UK and enabled me to better grasp the complexity of the different healthcare systems.
