Gisele Tavares
Gisele Tavares currently serves as the Head of R&D Business Operations at Takeda. In this role, she oversees business operations, the Takeda One Cambridge Campus project, Laboratory Operations in Massachusetts and Austria, and contract management. Gisele acts as the primary point of contact and engagement for functional leaders within Takeda R&D, as well as enterprise business partners including Legal, Takeda Business Services, Real Estate, Facilities, and Procurement.
Gisele began her career in the pharmaceutical industry as a scientist and has held leadership roles in the USA, France, and Switzerland, gaining valuable insights into the benefits of diversity and multicultural environments. Prior to joining Takeda, she held increasingly responsible positions at Hoffmann-La Roche and Novartis Pharma, transitioning from scientific research to clinical operations, procurement, alliance management, and business development.
Gisele holds a Bachelor and Master of Science in Pharmacy and Biochemistry from the University of Parana, Brazil, and a PhD in Science from the University of Sao Paulo, Brazil/Pasteur Institute, France, in Physical Chemistry. She completed her postdoctoral fellowship at the Boston Biomedical Research Institute, Yale University, and Stanford University.