Madeleine Roach, Executive Vice President, Business Operations

At a Glance

Nationality

German

First elected or appointed

October 2023

Education and Business Experience

As Head of Business Operations, a newly created role, Madeleine Roach is focused on delivering best-in-class enterprise services enabling Sanofi to chase the miracles of science to improve people's lives. The Business Operations Business Unit is bringing together existing business service activities and driving further expansion of centralized services with a focus on driving efficiency and productivity to fuel business growth and Sanofi’s investment in science.

Madeleine joined Sanofi in 2022 as Head of Internal Audit and Risk Management. Previously, she worked at AstraZeneca as Head of Global Finance Services Asia-Pacific and Global Business Services Site Lead in Malaysia, delivering a wide range of business services to stakeholders and further expanding the site with the addition of value-add services and digitalization capabilities, whilst attracting top talent through strong employer branding. Madeleine also held positions of growing responsibilities in Finance and Global Business Services at AstraZeneca, after starting her career at PwC and KPMG in Assurance and Advisory services, in Germany and the UK.

Madeleine holds a BA (Hons) in Economics and Politics from the University of London, School of Oriental and African Studies.

We are all about enabling and supporting the transformation and growth of Sanofi by fostering process excellence and customer service efficiency.  Every day we put patients, customers, and colleagues at the heart of our actions.