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Career Highlights
Awards & Recognition
★Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) 2020 for services to pharmaceutical industry
★Fortune's Most Powerful Women International - topped list in 2018, 2nd place 2017 and 2019
★Forbes' World's 100 Most Powerful Women multiple years
★Britain's Most Admired Leader by peers (3 times)
★Sunday Times Business Person of the Year 2025
★Time 100 Health Titans recognition
Notable Facts
→First woman to lead a major pharmaceutical company globally as CEO of GSK (2017-2025)
→Successfully led major corporate transformation including Haleon spin-off worth $13 billion
→Microsoft board director since 2019
→Previously 17 years at L'Oréal in senior roles across multiple countries
→Oxford University MA in Classics and Modern Languages
→Daughter of Vice-Admiral Sir Robert Walmsley
→Received £12.7 million compensation in 2023, making her second highest paid European pharma CEO
→Led GSK through COVID-19 pandemic and launched first RSV vaccine for adults
→Authority score of 89.2/100 on LinkedIn with top 1% ranking in UK
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