China’s New Antitrust Regulations: A Brief Guide

In Western terms, the new antitrust “draft guidelines” proposed by China in November are not so much a series of suggestions as they are a road map of how each provision of the nation’s monopoly law should be enforced in the internet industry. The new guidelines could significantly reshape the way in which internet companies […]

The GLG CEO Survey 2021: A Positive Outlook for the Year

UPDATE: Access the GLG New CEO Survey 2022 Here The year 2020 was unlike any other in living memory. The global pandemic hit every nation, closing business as usual for many industries, causing others to rapidly pivot from in-person to digital, and forcing millions of people into work-from-home situations, much of which is likely to […]

The Post-Election Outlook for U.S.-China Economic, Business, and Trading Relations

America’s relationship with China, now often marked by tension, is likely to be reassessed under the incoming Biden administration. To discuss how U.S.-China relations may evolve, GLG recently met with China expert David Dollar, currently a Senior Fellow in the John L. Thornton China Center at the Brookings Institution. From 2009 to 2013, Dollar was […]

Australia’s Deteriorating Relationship with China Comes at Its Own Expense

Australia is caught between two opposing forces. China is by far its largest trading partner, and yet its security comes from its relationship with the United States. Not only has China been Australia’s major export market for goods and services for well over a decade, but also in recent years, China’s share of Australia’s trade […]

Outlook for U.S. Tax Policy: A Democratic Perspective

How could the nation’s tax policy change as a result of Democratic election victories? For a look at the possibilities, GLG recently met with Victor Fleischer, a Professor at the University of California, Irvine School of Law and former Democratic Chief Tax Counsel at the U.S. Senate Finance Committee. Edited excerpts of the broader conversation […]

This Is Why the Financial Markets Have Rallied While the Economy Is in the Tank

There’s a large disconnect between the carnage in the economy — with sectors such as restaurants and retail largely shut down — and the strong rebound in the stock and corporate bond markets. This doesn’t even include the terrible personal toll that the pandemic has inflicted on so many people. Through almost 50 years’ worth […]

Building Tomorrow: Long-Term Economic Trends in India

Even before the COVID-19 lockdown, the Indian economy was slowing sharply. Private consumption and government expenditure, two of the main drivers of economic growth, were faltering. COVID-19 has dealt the economy a severe blow. How will the country’s slowdown and impact of COVID-19 in recent months affect its economic outlook? Impact of COVID-19 COVID-19 pulled […]

How Do Top Executives View COVID-19 Impact?

On Monday, March 9, the stock market crash of 2020 began, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average plummeting 2,013.76 points. At the time, this was the Dow’s worst single-day point drop in U.S. market history. More bad news was to come. A few days later, on March 12, the Dow fell a record 2,352 points, […]

Speaker Biographies

Hilary Malone PhD, has over 25 years of experience in global drug development, regulatory &government affairs, manufacturing and commercialization within the biopharma industry. Hilary hassignificant board level and executive committee experience including large scale organizationalrestructuring/transformation/integration, major M&A, biotech start-up, capital raising, investorrelations and pre-IPO.​

Hilary is currently CEO of Stylus Medicine, a private genetic medicine biotech company. Previously sheserved as CEO of a Series-A neuroscience company. Prior to these roles, Hilary served as COO & EVP atValo Health Inc., Chief Regulatory Officer & SVP at Sanofi Inc., and Chief Regulatory Officer & SVP atPfizer and Wyeth. Previous experience also includes senior regulatory and drug development roles atReata Pharmaceuticals Inc., AstraZeneca plc and GlaxoSmithKline plc.​

Hilary also serves on the Board of Directors of Hansa Biopharma and Adthera Bio. Hilary holds a PhD inMolecular Neuropharmacology and a BSc in Physiology.

Dr. Thomas Lönngren is Director at his own company PharmaExec Consulting AB. He is the Chairman of the Board of directors at Egetis Therapeutics AB, Sweden. Dr Lönngren also serves as board member at Compass Pathways PLC, London UK and NDA Group, Sweden. He acts as advisor to the following companies and organizations: NDA group, Sweden, Sweden, Artis Venture, San Francisco, US, Fujimoto Japan, Skin2Neuron Pty Ltd, Sydney, Australia, US, Special advisor to the Centre for Innovation in Regulatory Science (CIRS), London UK. From 2001 until2011, Mr.Lönngren served as the Executive Director of the European Medical Agency. He was previously Deputy General Director of the Swedish Medical Product Agency until 2000. He has a degree in pharmacy and MSc in Social and Regulatory Pharmacy from Uppsala University. He is also an Honorary Member of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain, Honorary Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians in Great Britain, Honorary Doctorate from the University of Uppsala, Honorary Doctorate from University of Bath, UK.

Speaker Biographies

Marie-Anne Aymerich

Marie-Anne has built a portfolio of senior advisory and non-executive roles, following a successful international career in the FMCG and Luxury sectors. She is a non-executive director of Haleon, a FTSE100 company listed in 2022 after the demerger from GSK. She is also chairwoman of Haleon Environment and Societal Sustainability committee. She is the executive director of the Pierre Fabre Group where she also sits on the Strategic Committee, and she is a Board Member of The Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, one of the world’s most prestigious chamber orchestras. She is also an angel investor and focuses her time and investments on start-ups with the strongest purpose and impact.

Marie-Anne is also a regular lecturer at HEC Paris on purposeful leadership, and she has created a serious game called “Planet Purpose” to upskill people on sustainability and purpose. Throughout her 35year executive career she delivered a strong track-record of business performance and growth in brands and portfolio in both developed and emerging economies.

As a senior leader with Unilever, she led a number of different personal care categories across France, Spain and the USA – including managing the Dove brand worldwide and culminating in leading Unilever’s global Oral Care division. She also worked for LVMH as Brand General Manager of Dior Perfumes and Cosmetics worldwide. Marie-Anne was also Vice-President of Imagine for Margo – Children with Cancer for ten years, a charity she helped found in 2011 with the goal of eradicating children’s cancer. The charity is the #1 charity focused on child cancer in France and has fundraised more than €14m since its creation. Marie-Anne is a graduate from HEC Paris. She is married and has two children aged 29 and 26.

Patrick Jephson

Patrick Jephson is a consultant, journalist, broadcaster and New York Times bestselling author, based in Washington D.C. He is a published authority on corporate and personal branding and crisis communications, addressing conferences worldwide as well as events at the U.S. State Department, the American University and the Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism.

With more than twenty-five years’ experience in the government, luxury and family office sectors, Patrick’s portfolio has included globally admired brands as well as national agencies and NGOs. He has also worked on reputation and legacy briefs with European, Middle Eastern and Asian families, including royalty. He now writes, presents, and advises on factual and drama TV programs, appearing on every major American and many international networks. He was recently an expert consultant to the award-winning Netflix series The Crown and provided live commentary on the Coronation of King Charles.

Patrick owes much of his practical communications and protocol experience to Princess Diana, who chose him to be her equerry and only private secretary/chief of staff. He served the Princess for eight years, responsible for all aspects of her public life, global humanitarian initiatives, and private organization. Having worked for an internationally high-profile woman (and as the father of two professionally successful daughters) he feels a special affinity for cross-cultural, gender and perception issues.

Patrick was born and raised in Ireland and holds a master’s degree in political science from Cambridge University. As an officer in the British Royal Navy, he served all over the world before being selected for royal duty. He is a citizen of the U.K., U.S.A., Ireland, and Canada.