{"id":2037,"date":"2024-12-13T09:15:00","date_gmt":"2024-12-13T09:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.ich.org\/index.php\/2024\/12\/13\/announcement-appointment-secretary-general-ich-secretariat\/"},"modified":"2024-12-13T09:15:00","modified_gmt":"2024-12-13T09:15:00","slug":"announcement-appointment-secretary-general-ich-secretariat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.ich.org\/index.php\/2024\/12\/13\/announcement-appointment-secretary-general-ich-secretariat\/","title":{"rendered":"Announcement of the Appointment of a Secretary General of the ICH Secretariat"},"content":{"rendered":"

The International Council for Harmonisation of Technical Requirements for Pharmaceuticals for Human Use (“ICH”) is very pleased to announce the appointment of G\u00e9raldine Lissalde-Bonnet<\/strong> as Secretary General of the ICH Secretariat<\/strong> based in Geneva, Switzerland. She will start in this new position on 12 March 2025.<\/p>\n

G\u00e9raldine brings over 20 years\u2019 experience in European and international public affairs, with sound expertise in the fields of global health public policy and supply chain management systems. In 2011, G\u00e9raldine joined GS1 Global Office in Brussels as Manager Public Policy. Since 2022, G\u00e9raldine is Vice-President for Healthcare and leads the GS1 Global Healthcare Community, a division formed by healthcare stakeholders worldwide. She drove GS1 Healthcare global strategy, leveraging solid foundation provided by the regulatory framework in healthcare as new opportunities for standardisation, as well as developing education tools for globally aligned implementation. A firm believer in the strength of collaboration and information to protect patients, G\u00e9raldine is also elected Vice-Chair of the Fight the Fakes Alliance. A lawyer by training, G\u00e9raldine started her career in the private sector, complemented by several years in the European Commission.<\/p>\n

G\u00e9raldine is known for her strategic approach, emotional intelligence and excellent coaching skills. She excels in leading diverse groups and guiding discussions to produce outcomes. She is married with 2 children.<\/p>\n

ICH will continue to build strategic alliances with related organisations, driving integration between guideline development and harmonised implementation to facilitate longer term alignment of regulatory practices and procedures. ICH is also embracing digitalisation and reviewing its working methods as science continues to evolve at an ever-growing pace. \u201cWe are delighted to welcome G\u00e9raldine to ICH and look forward to working closely with her in advancing harmonization activities to promote public health\u201d said Dr Theresa Mullin, Chair of the ICH Management Committee.<\/p>\n

As Secretary General, G\u00e9raldine will be responsible for setting and executing the strategic direction and priorities of the ICH Secretariat, for driving internal and external partnerships, ensuring the ICH Secretariat strong work culture and its agility in responding to the evolving needs of the organisation.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am thrilled to join ICH and look forward to continuing to partner with healthcare stakeholders in the mission which awed and inspired me for many years: improving public health and ensuring patient safety everywhere.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Follow ICH on X (formerly Twitter) @ICH_News<\/a><\/p>\n

Download the PDF version of the Press Release<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The International Council for Harmonisation of Technical Requirements for Pharmaceuticals for Human Use (\u201cICH\u201d) is very pleased to announce the appointment of G\u00e9raldine Lissalde-Bonnet as Secretary General of the ICH Secretariat based in Geneva, Switzerland.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2038,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2037","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.ich.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2037","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.ich.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.ich.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.ich.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.ich.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2037"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dev.ich.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2037\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.ich.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2038"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.ich.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2037"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.ich.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2037"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.ich.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2037"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}