Farrukh Rehan

Vice President & General Manager at GSK Saudi Arabia

Jeddah, Makkah, Saudi Arabia

About

An enterprise leader with over 20 years experience of successfully leading teams in Pakistan, Canada, Middle East and Central & Eastern Europe. Currently in my second General Manager role as VP & GM of GSK Saudi Arabia.

Experience

  • Vice President & General Manager at GSK
    Sep 2021 - Present · 4 yrs 10 mos

  • Managing Director Pakistan at Roche
    Mar 2016 - Aug 2021 · 5 yrs 6 mos

  • Novartis (5 yrs 8 mos)
    • Respiratory Franchise Head & Marketing and Sales Operations Head, CEE Cluster
      Mar 2014 - Feb 2016 · 2 yrs

      Responsible for leading the Respiratory Franchise and Established Medicines portfolio across 31 countries in Central and Eastern Europe. In addition, responsible for the Marketing and Sales Operations function which is focused on capability building and systems development for the sales and marketing teams in Central and Eastern Europe.

    • Marketing & Sales Operations Head, Central & Eastern European Cluster
      Sep 2013 - Feb 2014 · 6 mos

      Responsible for capability building and development of sales and marketing teams across 31 countries comprising the Central and Eastern European Cluster.

    • Head of Key Account Management, Middle East Cluster
      Feb 2012 - Aug 2013 · 1 yr 7 mos

      Responsible for developing, integrating and supporting the Key Account Management teams across the 12 countries of the Middle East Cluster

  • Paladin Labs (Montreal, Canada)
    • Director of Corporate Development and International Sales
      Apr 2008 - May 2010 · 2 yrs 2 mos

      Responsible for developing and obtaining buy-in for Paladin's corporate development strategy & for managing international sales for a group of specialized products

    • Group Product Director, Women's Health Business
      Nov 2005 - Mar 2008 · 2 yrs 5 mos

      Responsible for managing a team of 3 brand managers and the strategic development of a portfolio of innovative women's health brands

    • Marketing Manager, Plan B
      Jan 2004 - Oct 2005 · 1 yr 10 mos

      Led the highly successful relaunch of Plan B emergency contraception in Canada

  • National Sales Manager at AstraZeneca
    May 1999 - Apr 2000 · 1 yr