Simona Skerjanec

Simona Skerjanec, M.Pharm, MBA, has nearly thirty years of global experience in the pharmaceutical industry overseeing product commercialization and business strategy initiatives. From March 2015 until December 2023, Ms. Skerjanec held several leadership positions at Roche in Switzerland, where she most recently served as Senior Vice President, Global Head of Neuroscience and Rare Diseases. In this role, Ms. Skerjanec led business and global corporate strategy for Roche’s portfolio of neurological and rare diseases, achieving sustainable double digit growth in sales, including with Ocrevus® (ocrelizumab), which remains one of the most successful medicines for the treatment of multiple sclerosis. Previously, Ms. Skerjanec served as General Manager of Roche in Portugal and served as the Neuroimmunology Franchise Head where she was in charge of certain drug commercialization efforts on behalf of the company, including the commercial launch of Ocrevus®, generating over $1 billion in sales in the first ten months of commercialization. Prior to joining Roche, Ms. Skerjanec held positions of increasing responsibility in development and commercialization at The Medicines Company, Eli Lilly, Pfizer and Johnson & Johnson. Since May 2024, Ms. Skerjanec has served on the board of directors of Avidity Biosciences. Ms. Skerjanec received her M.Pharm from the University of Ljubljana School of Pharmacy and her MBA from Fairleigh Dickinson University.