Jo Taylor, Vice President, Corporate Affairs, Shionogi Europe
Jo Taylor is Vice President of Corporate Affairs at Shionogi Europe, where she has
worked for the last three years, having set up the function when she joined the
company. She is responsible for infectious disease policy – antimicrobial resistance
and health security in addition to corporate and brand communications, patient
advocacy, internal communications and sustainability in Region Europe and
nationally in the affiliate countries.
Jo is a highly accomplished Corporate Affairs professional having worked for GSK,
Lilly, Novartis, Daiichi-Sankyo, Astellas, CSL Seqirus and Shionogi in her 33-year
career.
Jo also spent a short time leading Public Affairs at the communications agency Cello
as well as working on secondment for HMG Business, Energy and Industrial
Strategy Department as part of the Vaccines Taskforce during the Covid Pandemic
in 2020.
She has been an active member of the HCA throughout her career and led the
Foresight Committee for two years.