Board of Directors

Pascale Witz was named Chair of the Board of Directors in June 2021. Pascale is the Founder and President of PWH Advisors, an advisory firm serving Biotech, MedTech, Diagnostics, and HealthTech companies. She is the former Executive Vice President, Global Pharma and Consumer Healthcare Divisions with Sanofi S.A., and was formerly President and CEO of GE Healthcare’s Pharmaceutical Diagnostics business. Pascale is an experienced global leader in the healthcare industry, with a track record of leadership and operational excellence in Pharma, MedTech, Diagnostics, and Digital Health industries.

Pascale served on Sanofi’s Executive Committee from 2013 to 2016, and was with GE Healthcare from 1996 to 2013, where she held leadership positions of increasing responsibility, based in Europe, the UK, and the USA. She started her career with Becton Dickinson Pharmaceutical System, based in their European headquarters in Grenoble, France.

Pascale serves on the boards of Fresenius Medical Care AG & Co. KGaA, Horizon Therapeutics Plc., Perkin Elmer Inc., and Regulus Therapeutics Inc. as well as privately held companies.

Pascale earned a Master of Business Administration from INSEAD, France, and a Master of Science (MSc) in biochemistry from the Institut National des Sciences Appliquees in Lyon, France. She was also a doctoral student in molecular biology at the CNRS (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique) in Strasbourg, France.