Jean-François Hilaire

Jean-François has been a member of the Recipharm executive committee since 2015. He has been instrumental in driving the corporate strategy of the leading CDMO until 2021. During this time span the company has grown sales from 250 M€ up to more than 1 billon €. Most recently, he has taken the leadership of the Advanced Delivery Systems Business Unit of Recipharm, that represents a third of the company sales. With over thirty years in the pharmaceutical industry, Jean-François has worked in a variety of roles in Sales and in Manufacturing functions always at strategic levels, within various companies including Abbott and Solvay. He is graduated as a doctor in Pharmacy from the University of Bordeaux and has earned an executive MBA from INSEAD.