“Janssen is about excellence in performance. Whether you are a subject-matter expert or have a people-management position, it is all about working together to deliver results. My colleagues are smart and value each other’s knowledge. Ultimately, what keeps me engaged are the products we are making. If successful, these products can help save people’s lives. Within Janssen, people can make their own path as long as the subject-matter knowledge, experience and personal skills are present. If I had wanted, I could also have moved from clinical R&D into medical affairs or a more commercially oriented role.”

Career highlights:

• Bringing a new HIV drug to patients
• Helping to explain the potential mechanisms in the immunogenicity of biologics