Bahija Jallal, PhD admits she never had a development plan for her career, but knew if she did things she really loved she’d succeed. The former President of MedImmune and current CEO of Immunocore, Bahija is one of only a handful of women to lead a company to IPO, but she cites her first biotech job as the best thing to happen to her because it was all about the science. And while she strongly believes to be an effective CEO you need to stay close to the science, she says science by itself is not enough, and you need to couple it with both strategy and vision. Here she shares more on:

1. Why failure is great
2. What you must ask yourself before every decision
3. Why diversity is an intricate part of innovation
4. The most crucial tool for talking with investors.

https://www.av.co/bahija-jallal-spotlight

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