Location Greater Chicago Area, United States, North America Regions Great Lakes Gender Male
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Mr. Williams joined Intarcia in May 2015 as Chief Operating Officer (COO). Previously, he served as Head of Global Marketing for Takeda Pharmaceuticals, where he was responsible for establishing Takeda’s first global marketing infrastructure, which included Global Market Access, Customer Insights and Global Brand Management. Of particular note, Mr.
Williams and his team were responsible for the successful launch of Entyvio (vedolizumab), Takeda’s first global brand for the treatment of ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease.
Mr. Williams worked at Pfizer from 2006 to 2012 prior to joining Takeda. His most recent position at Pfizer was Vice President, Global Commercial Development, Strategy and Innovation – Primary Care, where he was instrumental in transforming commercial input into clinical development programs in the Primary Care Business Unit, as well as improving the performance of in-line brands such as Lyrica, Spiriva and Chantix.
Before Pfizer, Mr. Williams held various roles of increasing responsibility at Bristol-Myers Squibb from 1993-2006. These included positions at BMS’ EMEA headquarters in Paris as the Vice President for European Marketing & Operations, in Malaysia and in the United States.
Earlier in his career, Mr. Williams held various positions at British Telecom and Texas Instruments. Mr. Williams holds a Bachelor of Arts degree and a Postgraduate Certificate from University College North Wales, and has completed postgraduate research in psychology at the University of Reading.
