MASTER ENTREPRENEUR CATEGORY
IGOR GOMES
Cluster Head, Takeda VMAPS(Vietnam, Malaysia, Philippines & Singapore)
TAKEDA MALAYSIA SDN BHD
Healthcare, Pharmaceutical & Biotechnology Industry
www.takeda.com
Information about the Entrepreneur
With over 20 years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry, Igor Gomes built his career with top healthcare companies like Pfizer, Wyeth, and Nestle-Galderma, and has been working for Takeda since 2007 for 15 years. He is a true blood healthcare leader backed by a strong Business Operations background with Health Economics, Market Access, Patient Advocacy, and Government Affairs experiences.He is currently assuming a Cluster Head role for Malaysia, Singapore, Philippines, and Vietnam Cluster in Takeda which is his first role as a Cluster Hea. He is responsible for 100% P&L accountability and full operations in 4 countries in the cluster.
Prior to Malaysia, he was in Sao Paolo, Brazil as an Executive Director of Business Operations, Market Access, and Patient Services for Takeda Brazil & LATAM region. Back in 2007, he joined Takeda in the Competitive Intelligence area before moving to Commercial as Oncology and Hospital Franchise Head after four years.
In 2013, he moved to the ICMEA region (based in Dubai) in the position of Strategy and Business Support Director. After 2 years, he had the opportunity to work for the South American cluster (based in Argentina), being responsible for the Business Operations role. In 2016, he moved to Ecuador and Peru as a Country Manager, and after that, he assumed the position of Business Operations/ Patient Value & Market Access areas for Brazil & LATAM.
Igor holds a degree in Business Administration and a Master´s Degree in Marketing from IBMEC which is one of the most reputable Business Schools in Brazil.
Other Interesting Facts about the Entrepreneur
Igor is intrigued to work with people who have a positive mindset, are not afraid to disagree, and have the ability to hold intellectual conversations. He aspires to be a global citizen with experiences across South America, the Middle East, Asia, and counting. He loves to inspire and get inspired. A few ways for him to achieve that is to keep on reading and traveling around the world to connect with different people and cultures.Igor is a family-first person. He strongly believes that families are the compass that guides him and his inspiration to reach great heights. His family is his circle of strength and love. His wife and two kids relocated to Malaysia to remain as a unit. He is grateful to have his wife by his side to spend valuable time watching their kids grow up with them.
Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.
Company Achievements and
Role of the Entrepreneur
During Igor’s first experience as a Cluster Head, he achieved many
feathers on his cap and a myriad of milestones for his people and
business in the Cluster across Malaysia, Singapore, the Philippines,
and Vietnam.
He has led the company to drive exceptional business performance with a high-performing team with Y-O-Y 7% growth in revenue, exceeding all financial KPIs in the 1st year. Under his leadership, the company has also accelerated access to medicines for patients with successful enlistments of medicines in national listing/ formularies in the Ministry of Health – 2 in Malaysia and 4 in Singapore.
Moreover, he has assisted the company in driving exceptional people experience with an incremental strong engagement of 86% which was driven locally and was set as a benchmark for Emerging Markets across Takeda. A catalyst for Diversity, Equity & Inclusion strategy as the key strategy for the organization. Additionally, his efforts have strengthened Takeda’s employer branding in Malaysia, Singapore, and Vietnam with recent certifications from the Great Place to Work Institute for the 1st time – 1 certification in Malaysia, 1 in Singapore, and 2 in Vietnam. Igor also played a key role in connecting the business and people to the Community-led 3 CSR programs cumulatively across Malaysia, Singapore, and the Philippines.
Vision, Mission & Future Plans
Under Igor’s guidance, Takeda’s purpose is to create better health for people and a brighter future for the world. Takeda strives to deliver truly transformative treatments, significantly increasing the value that it brings to society. The work Takeda does transforms lives, helping patients with limited or no treatment options in its core therapeutic and business areas of oncology, rare genetics and hematology, neuroscience, gastroenterology, plasmaderived therapies, and vaccines. Takeda takes on big challenges that require new ways of thinking based on the unique needs of patients – including innovating in manufacturing, tailoring access solutions to the medications and vaccines the company produces while addressing the disparities within healthcare systems, and creating an exceptional values-driven people experience.Takeda is building one of the most exciting and diverse pipelines in the industry – 90% of which didn’t exist less than a decade ago. Takeda follows the science and aims to unlock innovation wherever it originates – whether the company is developing a therapy in one of its laboratories or throughout more than 200 partnerships. Together with its investments in data and digital technologies, Takeda aims to improve the patient experience and revolutionize its approach to science.
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