During their meeting on 6 December 2016, the Leem Board of Directors (Les Entreprises du Médicament) [The pharmaceutical Industry] appointed a new director, Stéphane Thiroloix, General Manager of the Laboratoires Mayoly Spindler, a “Medium-sized French Laboratory”.

Stéphane Thiroloix is a graduate of the HEC (École des Hautes Études Commerciales [Paris Business School]).
He began his career in 1987 at Roussel Uclaf (now Sanofi), where, for eleven years, he held roles in Marketing/Sales and General Management in South Africa, Mexico, Australia and France.

In 1998, he joined SmithKline Beecham (now GlaxoSmithKline), where he was appointed Vice-President and Director of French Operations, and then Vice-President for Europe in Business Development and Marketing Alliances.

From 2002 to 2007, Stéphane Thiroloix was Vice-President of French Operations and then became Vice-President for Europe and General Manager for France at Bristol-Myers Squibb.

In 2007, he joined the Ispen company’s executive committee as Executive Vice-President of Corporate Development and held this position until 2011, the year he became President of Smith & Nephew’s Advanced Surgical Devices (ASD) Division for Europe, Canada, Japan and Australia.

In 2014, Stéphane Thiroloix became General Manager of Laboratoires Mayoly Spindler.