Pierre Courteille

Pierre holds a Pharmacy Degree and an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and has 25 years’ experience in general management, marketing, commercial operations and business development within the pharmaceutical/biotech/medtech industry.  In 1994, he started his carrier in Synthélabo Japan (Sanofi), then held the position of marketing manager for Sanofi-Pasteur Japan, and its joint-venture with Daiichi and lastly joined Guerbet as President and General Manager of Guerbet Japan and Vice President for Guerbet Asia. Back to France in 2007, Pierre continued to work for Guerbet where his last position was Senior VP Sales and Marketing (EMEA, Latin America & Asia), in charge of the management of 17 subsidiaries & 60 agents as well as CEO of MEDEX (medical devices company owned by Guerbet). Since 2015, Pierre holds the position of Chief Commercial Officer and Vice President Business Development at ABIVAX. In addition to his professional activities, Pierre is Vice President of France Biotech serving as treasurer and head of the corporate finance committee and President of the Chicago Booth Alumni Club of France.