Christophe Pierre

General Manager & VP Pharma EMEA

Le Vaudreuil, Normandy, France

About

An executive leader with extensive experience in various positions at local, regional, and global levels across multiple functions such as Sales, Marketing, Business Development, R&D, and Manufacturing. Proven expertise in large multinational companies, skilled in defining and executing business strategies, and leading multicultural/multidisciplinary teams in segments like Beauty, Food & Beverage, and Pharma. Currently the General Manager of the EMEA region, responsible for sales, operations, manufacturing, and legal representation, managing a full P&L of over 350 million Euros and leading a team of over 1000 employees.

Experience

  • Vice Président Performance Industrielle & Environnementale at POLEPHARMA
    Jan 2026 - Present · 7 mos

    membre COMEX Polepharma

  • Aptar (16 yrs 7 mos)
    • General Manager & VP Pharma Rx EMEA
      Sep 2025 - Present · 11 mos

      General Manager Pharma EMEA region including sales, operations , manufacturing , legal representation for the affiliate …) 350+M Euros full P&L accountability , 1000+ FTEs

    • VP Global Research & Development Pharma Prescription - Pharma
      Apr 2023 - Sep 2025 · 2 yrs 6 mos

      Lead & drive the global products portfolio of Pharma Prescription : support the business growth by driving an international R&D teams from innovation to market : innovation team, open innovation (due diligences), project management office, life cycle management, intellectual property activities, sciences materials, laboratories, prototyping. - Member of the leadership committee - 180 collaborators WW - products portfolio covered (800 $M) - Main drivers : generate a sustainable growth with a solid pipeline of solutions for the next 10 years, accelerate the de-risking for customers clinical phases, upgrade our practices with digital solutions

    • VP Innovation & Global Product Development - Food & Beverage
      Sep 2019 - Apr 2023 · 3 yrs 8 mos

      Leading the innovation and global product platform for the segment Food Beverage from ideation (concepts) to implementation assets on site. The scope includes : innovation department, IP management, design and product office, prototyping, platform project management. Key drivers : patented solution, , ‘do right first’, speed to market, capitalize and transfer the know-how, synergies with external partners.

  • Valois (8 yrs 9 mos)
    • Operations director - plant management
      Jan 2007 - Dec 2009 · 3 yrs

      packaging manufacturing for promotion & sampling activity, 130 employees

    • Senior Product Development Manager
      Sep 2005 - Jan 2007 · 1 yr 5 mos

    • Project Development Manager
      Apr 2001 - Sep 2005 · 4 yrs 6 mos

      Strategic development of a new fragrance samplen'Imagin' (President Award Aptar 2005), FIFI award 2005 , awarded by ‘Formes de luxe’ 2005.

  • Responsable développement produits at Hutchinson
    Dec 1995 - Mar 2001 · 5 yrs 4 mos

    Développement gamme des produits ’admission d’air moteur’ : devis, conception, développement et industrialisation (injection, compression, extrusion).