Executive Committee

Rafael Mella brings 30 years of pharmaceutical industry experience, of which 23 in executive roles. He joined Nordic Pharma in 2014 as General Manager of Spain and Portugal. In his new role as Head of Commercial Operations, Rafael leads the regions worldwide, providing commercial strategy and leadership to all our operations as well as strategic marketing.

Prior to joining Nordic Pharma, Rafael acquired experience in multinationals, namely Schering AG (now Bayer), Bristol Myers Squibb and Casen Recordati in various roles, ranging from Business Unit Director to Commercial Operations Director.

Rafael holds a Biology Degree from the University Compultense of Madrid and an MBA from Houston University.

Muriel Boutillier brings more than 25 years of experience within the pharmaceutical industry. She joined Nordic Pharma over 12 years ago and has held various managerial roles such as Regulatory Director and Qualified Person, at both affiliate and corporate level. She was recently appointed Head of Scientific Affairs. In her role, she leads all global scientific departments whilst supporting the scientific assessment of the Business Development opportunities.

Prior to joining Nordic Pharma, Muriel worked as a Regulatory Affairs Pharmacist at both IPSEN and GE Healthcare.

Muriel is a Pharmaceutical Doctor, graduated from the University of Paris Cite.

Enrique de la Rubia has more than 17 years of experience in FMCG and Pharmaceutical Industry holding senior management and regional leadership positions in the Finance area. He joined Nordic Pharma two years ago and leads the critical Finance function.

Prior to joining Nordic Pharma, Enrique served as Senior Director Finance & Controlling, Corporate Functions Controller and Area Controller for Latin America & Canada (LACAN) region at Ferring Pharmaceuticals. Prior to that, Enrique served as Financial Category Controller at Colgate-Palmolive with responsibility for Europe & South Pacific Division. Enrique also worked at Procter & Gamble for 5 years where he held Finance positions in their Health & Beauty Care Business.

He holds a Bachelor of Science and Business Administration from the Ecole Hôtelière de Lausanne.

Helene Wilson leads the Human Resources and Communication function at Nordic Pharma. Helene joined Nordic Pharma in June 2020, bringing more than 25 years of international HR experience acquired at a variety of organisations such as Accenture, SITA, Laureate Education and Carlson-Wagonlit Travel. Helene’s expertise spans employee experience, business partnering, talent management, HR transformation and HR analytics. Helene is a dual Swiss/Australian citizen and has lived and worked all around the world.

Helene holds a Human Resources Diploma by Monash University (Melbourne) and a Masters in Applied Languages gained at the University of Paris Sorbonne.

Gijs has 20 years of experience within supply chain and procurement roles acquired in different industries, such as FMCG, Telecommunications and Pharma.

He joined Nordic Pharma in 2022 to transform the supply chain department and build the procurement department. In his role, Gijs leads these two critical functions which are becoming more and more complex in the global context of very challenging supply conditions worldwide.

Gijs holds a degree in International Hotel Management from The Hague’s Hotel Management School, as well as an MBA from the University of Phoenix.

Graham Clark has 18 years of experience in a wide array of financial, managerial and operational roles, of which 14 in the pharmaceutical industry.

Previously CFO of Draupnir Holdings, a lifesciences company including Altacor, Parapharm, and Transdermal, that is in the process of merging with Nordic Pharma, Graham has taken on the role of Head of Business Operation of the merged global company. In this role, Graham drives operational and managerial efficiencies by focusing on systems, tools and processes as well as leading our new Alliance Management function and being part of the business development committee.

Graham is a fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) and holds a degree in Business from the Buckinghamshire New University.