Post-COVID-19: China May Face an L-Shaped Economic Recovery

Before COVID-19, China’s economy was expected to grow approximately 5.5% this year, just enough to accomplish its goal of doubling GDP per capita between 2011 and 2020. Considering the current situation, this is going to be difficult to achieve. It’s no surprise that China’s economic growth is slowing amid COVID-19. China Growth Targets There’s still […]

Post-COVID-19 Indian Economy: Slow Growth and Silver Linings

Last year, the Indian economy was growing at just under 5%. Everyone agreed that this year, growth will be negative, that the economy will contract. That means a growth decline of at least five percentage points, if not more, in just one year. Such a sharp decline can mean a very disruptive and difficult adjustment […]

U.S. Employment Outlook: The Impact of COVID-19

COVID-19 has taken a toll on public health and the economy. While our leadership reckons with the crisis, the numbers have continued to climb in terms of the damage done. Shelter-in-place restrictions are showing signs of working to mitigate the spread of the virus, but the concomitant damage done to our economy and the resulting […]

Governor of Maryland on Reopening the U.S. and the Impact of COVID-19

Across the U.S. today, an increasing number of states are either reopening or feeling the economic pressures to reopen despite the guidance of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and public health officials. The question remains, however, how much can the economy recover if people do not feel safe participating within it? And […]

COVID-19: Assessing the Economic Impact on Australia

COVID-19 has affected economies more quickly than any event in recent memory, surpassing even the crisis of 2008. Its devastating impact on the global economy has not spared Australia. This is a challenging time for everyone, including economists. I’ll break it down into several parts to try and understand what is happening today. COVID-19 and […]

Former Kansas Governor’s Take on the U.S. Response to COVID-19

COVID-19 continues to have a global impact on public health and the world’s economies. In the U.S., infections continue to rise, and officials still see the worst ahead. This means that the economy remains virtually on pause while politicians, economists, and health officials attempt to construct the most rational response. To learn more about this […]

Italy Needs Europe’s Support to Avoid Further Economic Damage due to COVID-19

Even before the novel coronavirus severely struck Italy, the country was already in bad shape economically. At the end of last year, GDP was down 0.3% during the final quarter. A couple of weeks after two COVID-19 clusters were discovered in northern Italy, the government locked down the entire country. Every month of full lockdown […]

Australians Need to Do Their Part to Flatten the Coronavirus Curve

This level of disease and transmission is unprecedented in our modern time, and while we can learn some lessons from history, today’s COVID-19 situation is very fluid. Various influenza viruses have occurred over time. Spanish flu hit Europe and America in about 1918 and reached Australia in January 1919. The H1N1 pandemic was the most […]

Assessing the Economic Impact of COVID-19 in the UK

The United Kingdom under Prime Minister Boris Johnson issued a stay-at-home order for the country on March 24. To find out how these measures and economic stimulus from the government will affect the country, on March 30, Conor Akin of GLG’s Political and Economic Affairs team spoke with Jonathan Portes, Professor of Economics and Public […]

Survey Reveals Small Business Concerns Around COVID-19 Impact

In a scant two weeks, COVID-19 has had a considerable impact on the way business is conducted. With uncertainty in the air, most businesses have shut down their offices and asked their employees to work from home. Meanwhile, the economy itself has taken a hard hit, and while the government worked to formulate and agree […]

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.