Christelle Beneteau

SVP & Chief People Officer at Ferring Pharmaceuticals

Christelle Beneteau has over two decades of experience in Human Resources, and is currently the SVP and Chief Human Resources Officer at Ferring Pharmaceuticals. Christelle has previously held HR positions at Implenia, LafargeHolcim, Clariant, eBay, and Novartis.

Christelle began their career in HR in 2000, working in various HR roles at Novartis. In 2008, they were promoted to VP of HR for the Asia, Middle East, and Africa region, and in 2010 they were again promoted to VP of HR for finance, IT, and procurement.

In 2013, Christelle left Novartis to join eBay as European HR Head for Commercial Operations. Christelle spent two years at eBay before moving to Clariant as Global Head of HR in 2015. Christelle held this position for two years before returning to the pharmaceutical industry as CHRO at Implenia in 2019.

At Implenia, Christelle was responsible for the HR function globally. Christelle reported to the CEO and was a member of the Executive Committee. In 2021, they left Implenia to join Ferring Pharmaceuticals as SVP and Chief Human Resources Officer.

Christelle Beneteau has a MPhil in Organic Chemistry from Heriot-Watt University and an 'Ingénieur Chimiste' - Ingenieur/PhD in Organic Chemistry from the Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Lille. Christelle also has a certification from the Grow Movement as a Grow Movement Volunteer Consultant and has completed a project with them.

Christelle Beneteau reports to Per Falk, President & Chief Science Officer. Christelle Beneteau works with Aaron Graff - Executive Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer, Mirjam Mol-Arts - EVP, Chief Medical Officer, and Armin Metzger - President of the Executive Committee and Chief Science Officer.

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