Executive Committee
The Executive Committee is chaired by the Chief Executive Officer, Charlotte Phelps, and comprises the following members.
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Charlotte Phelps
Chief Executive Officer
Charlotte Phelps brings more than 35 years of pharmaceutical industry experience. Previously CEO of Draupnir Holdings, a Lifesciences company including Altacor, Parapharm, and Transdermal, that has recently merged with Nordic Pharma, Charlotte has accepted the role of CEO of the merged Global company.
Having moved from an early career in Engineering, Charlotte started in the pharmaceutical industry at Bristol Myers Squibb where she held various commercial roles over a period of 11 years. She then joined Ferring UK in 1997 before moving to Ferring Global in Denmark where she held management roles in global marketing. In 2002, Charlotte joined Nordic Pharma as General Manager to set up and lead the UK affiliate as a new entity. She held this position for 14 years before being appointed as CEO to establish the new company Draupnir Holdings – a product development company as well as an international marketing and sales entity. A range of new products were launched in this time and the ophthalmology business of Altacor became a core strength.

Rafael Mella
Head of Commercial Operations
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
Head of Scientific Affairs
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
Chief Financial Officer
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
Head of Human Resources and Communication
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 Vissers
Head of Supply Chain and Procurement
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
Head of Business Operations
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.
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