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Episode Synopsis
Difficult conversations may involve redundancy and restructure. When you have recruited someone into a business as a talent and now you need to tell them that they are no longer needed it can be challenging.
With recent high profile errors, how organisations create the appropriate space to have these conversations is an art.
In this episode we talk to David Ford about his experience of how businesses can set themselves up well in the most challenging situations.
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David Ford joined Prothena Biosciences as Chief People Officer in March 2024. Prothena is a clinical stage, biotechnology company focused on neuroscience. Before joining Prothena, David spent six and a half years as the Chief Human Resources Officer of Intercept Pharmaceuticals, a New York based biotech focused on non viral liver diseases, that was sold to the Italian pharmaceutical company, Alfasigma, in late 2023.
Before joining the biotech world, David spent fifteen years with Sanofi, initially as the Head of HR for the UK and Ireland, then moving to the Paris headquarters of Sanofi for six and a half years. He transferred to the United States in 2011, initially as the Head of HR for North America, before moving to lead the HR function for the Genzyme rare disease business that had been acquired by Sanofi.
David started his career in New Zealand in the dairy food industry, working in HR roles in New Zealand, Latin America and Europe.
David holds a Masters of Business Administration from INSEAD in Fontainebleau.
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-Foxleigh Commercial Website: https://foxleigh.net/
-Chris Webber's LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/chris-webber-uk
-David Ford LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dave-ford-1a0352/
With recent high profile errors, how organisations create the appropriate space to have these conversations is an art.
In this episode we talk to David Ford about his experience of how businesses can set themselves up well in the most challenging situations.
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If you want to receive monthly advice, ideas and recommendations that will help you gain a commercial edge and get ahead, why not join our exclusive newsletter: https://zcmp.eu/e6AM
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David Ford joined Prothena Biosciences as Chief People Officer in March 2024. Prothena is a clinical stage, biotechnology company focused on neuroscience. Before joining Prothena, David spent six and a half years as the Chief Human Resources Officer of Intercept Pharmaceuticals, a New York based biotech focused on non viral liver diseases, that was sold to the Italian pharmaceutical company, Alfasigma, in late 2023.
Before joining the biotech world, David spent fifteen years with Sanofi, initially as the Head of HR for the UK and Ireland, then moving to the Paris headquarters of Sanofi for six and a half years. He transferred to the United States in 2011, initially as the Head of HR for North America, before moving to lead the HR function for the Genzyme rare disease business that had been acquired by Sanofi.
David started his career in New Zealand in the dairy food industry, working in HR roles in New Zealand, Latin America and Europe.
David holds a Masters of Business Administration from INSEAD in Fontainebleau.
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-Foxleigh Commercial Website: https://foxleigh.net/
-Chris Webber's LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/chris-webber-uk
-David Ford LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dave-ford-1a0352/
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