Emma Walmsley

AGE: 52

RESIDENCE: United Kingdom

CITIZENSHIP: United Kingdom

MARITAL STATUS: Married

CHILDREN: 4

EDUCATION: Master of Arts, Oxford University


 * Walmsley became CEO of GlaxoSmithKline in April of 2017, making her the first woman to run a major pharmaceutical company.
 * Since taking helm of the 300-year-old company, she led a global restructuring program aimed at saving more than $500 million a year by 2021.
 * The savings will be invested in R&D spending and funding a pipeline of new products.
 * In one of her biggest moves since becoming CEO, Walmsley led the $13 billion dollar purchase of Novartis's 36% stake in GSK Consumer Health.
 * Alongside her pharma peers, Walmsley said that GSK does not intend to profit off of the Covid vaccine it is developing.