Appointed: October 2020
Nationality: French
Cécile Maupas, with her long experience in Contract Development and Manufacturing Organization (CDMO) for the pharmaceutical industry, joined Sanofi in 2020 as Head of CDMO and Business Scouting for Sanofi Active Ingredient Solutions. Cécile is an expert in the management of new and transforming organizations. She is also skilled in business development, customer-centricity, and sales team management.
She started her career as Sales Manager at GE Healthcare Life Sciences, promoting innovative biotechnology solutions. She went on to become Strategic Account Manager for pharma and biopharma customers, a position she held for 10 years.
She then spent eight years at Novasep, where she developed the CDMO biopharma business. There, she led its European and Asian Business Development team as the CDMO Biopharma Sales Director. Before joining Sanofi, she also contributed to the growth of Pierre Fabre’s CDMO Injectables and Biotech business worldwide.
Cécile graduated from the University of Paris, and she holds a master’s degree in Biochemistry applied to biological and medical engineering.
Cécile is passionate about Jazz music and Latin dance. She likes cooking for friends, family and enjoys simple moment like seeing her daughter laughing, watching the countryside, ocean, nature and sharing a good bottle of Burgundy wine with close friends and relatives.