Andy Dawson — Chief People Officer and Head of Corporate Affairs at BVI Medical

Andrew (Andy) Dawson brings more than 20 years of experience in human resource strategy and management with some of the world’s leading Healthcare and Biopharma companies. Mr. Dawson started his career in Human Resources with Eli Lilly and Company and continued to grow his career through progressive HR leadership roles at both Novartis and Roche around the globe, including the formation of the Vaccines and Diagnostics Business following Novartis’ acquisition of Chiron. Upon joining Shire in 2014, he played a key leadership role in re-imagining the global HR function during a significant time of transformation. While there, he helped lead the organization through significant change and growth following numerous mergers and acquisitions including the leadership of the new global site strategy following the $32bn acquisition of Baxalta, and the design and execution of the new organization design for the expanded company. Following this, Mr Dawson held roles of increasing scope and responsibility at TripAdvisor and most recently leading the Human Resources function for emerging, pre-commercial companies in the Biotech space. Mr Dawson is a member of the Forbes HR Leadership Council, serves on the advisory board(s) for LEAP HR and BioPharma Talent / CBI. Mr Dawson holds a Masters Degree in Human Resources Management and Development from the University of Salford (Manchester, UK).