A Day in the life of A Chief of Staff Executive Director for Europe and Canada in Bio-Pharma

Robert John (Rob)
Executive Director Strategic Planning, Chief of Staff
Europe and Canada (EUCAN), MSD Human Health
Rob began his CoS role in early 2021 having previously been responsible for Commercial Operations of our Oncology business across EMEAC. Focused on pan regional activities, processes and initiatives Rob works across the leadership team and markets to help ensure we can meet our goals for patients & MSD. His two previous positions in Oncology, initially for Mid-Europe (MER) and then EMEAC, centred on aligning and planning the activities needed to successfully launch KEYTRUDA in successive tumours including Go To Market planning, May/Nov FC submissions and overall leadership team governance. Before joining the region Rob worked in various roles within the MSD UK organisation including Marketing Operation & Channel strategy driving investments and capability building for our channel mix and digital customer engagement. Rob joined the industry in 2004 at AstraZeneca having graduated from the University of Bath in the UK with a BSc (Hons) in Applied Biology.
Rob lives in Manchester UK with his wife Nicola, and young children Sophie & Alexander, outside
of work Sophie & Alexander certainly keep him busy but when time permits he enjoys running and developing his amateur cooking ability!
Rob believes in the vastness of learning - there is no clear career path, he explored instead of putting the pressure on himself to follow a straight path. Watch this interview to find out a day in this current role.
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