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Philippe Arnal
Managing Director
Paris France
Get in TouchPhilippe Arnal is a Managing Director in WittKieffer’s Life Sciences Practice, based in Paris. He has extensive experience in executive recruiting within the life sciences as well as more than a decade of leadership service at two of the world’s most reputable pharma/biotech companies, AbbVie and Sanofi. Philippe consults directly and candidly with clients about their leadership needs and how to effectively recruit the executives required to meet their long-term strategic objectives. He works seamlessly with colleagues throughout WittKieffer to serve life science clients wherever their leadership needs may be.
Prior to joining WittKieffer, Philippe was a senior client partner in life sciences executive search for one of the world’s largest executive recruiting firms, and before that a consultant in pharma/biotech for another leading recruiting firm. In these roles he led assessment, executive search and advisory assignments across the sector to build transformational leadership teams for clients of various sizes and geographies.
Before that, at AbbVie, where he was Biotherapeutics Strategy Director, Philippe was responsible for leading biotherapeutics strategy and orchestrating key transformation projects. For Sanofi, Philippe served as the Chief of Staff to the Senior Vice President of the firm’s Global Biologics Division. He was responsible for driving many of the Division’s key strategic projects, in assessing and pursuing external licensing and acquisitions opportunities, and in recruiting talent and building out the Division. Also for Sanofi, he was Director of New Products Forecasting for the firm’s Specialty Care Division, where he led the forecasting process for mAbs (monoclonal antibodies) to be launched globally. Among his other responsibilities, Philippe led business development valuations and R&D portfolio prioritization reviews for immunology and inflammation. His first position with Sanofi was as an Internal Audit team leader, while he began his career in finance and auditing at L’Oréal. Philippe speaks French, English, and German.
Education
M.S., Business & Management (European Affairs Management, Marketing, Strategy), HEC Paris, Paris, France
Lycée Carnot, Classes Préparatoires, Economics, Paris, France