The Mentors Mary Jo Jacobi was appointed Non-Executive Director in December 2013. Ms Jacobi has extensive experience at senior levels in the energy, financial services and public sectors in the UK and USA. She is also an established brand advisor with extensive communications and public affairs experience. Previously Ms Jacobi was a Senior Executive of Royal Dutch Shell plc, BP America Inc., Lehman Brothers Inc., HSBC Holdings plc and Drexel Burnham Lambert Inc. She was a NonExecutive Director of Tate & Lyle plc between 1999 and 2004.
She is currently the Managing Director of her own consultancy practice and a NonExecutive Director of Mulvaney Capital Management. She is a Senior Associate of The Leadership Council and holds several advisory and consultancy roles in the not for profit sector.
The Honorable
Mary Jo Jacobi
Non-Executive Director The Weir Group PLC
Ms Jacobi holds dual United States and British citizenship. She was appointed Assistant US Secretary of Commerce by President George H. W. Bush and had earlier served as Special Assistant to President Ronald Reagan and as a Member of President Reagan’s Advisory Committee on Trade Negotiations. She was appointed by Prime Minister David Cameron to the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments in June 2012 and was formerly a British Civil Service Commissioner. She is also a Visiting Fellow at Oxford University. Mary Jo will mentor the Best Woman Sales Director Winner.
Completing her PhD in Biochemistry at the University of Aberystwyth, UK in 1982, Jane Griffiths has worked her way up the Johnson & Johnson career ladder, starting as a sales representative. The straight-talking Brit is now the first female Company Group Chairman of Janssen in EMEA, the pharmaceutical division of the Johnson & Johnson family.
She is responsible for this business across the entire region. Her personal approach focuses on sustainability, accountability, openness and collaboration, and she is leading Janssen EMEA to live these values.
Jane Griffiths PH.D
Company Group Chairman, Janssen EMEA, Johnson & Johnson
Jane has held a number of senior sales, marketing and R&D positions including International VP for Western Europe and South Africa, and Head of Market Access for Janssen EMEA. As a senior female executive, Jane acknowledges the tension between family and work. She is a sponsor for the Women’s Leadership Initiative in Janssen and a Senior Advisory Board member of the EMEA Healthcare Businesswomen’s Association (HBA). Other industry roles include Chairwoman of the EFPIA Executive Committee and member of the EFPIA Board.
A passionate conservationist, Jane is the founding chair and Executive Sponsor of the Janssen Global Citizenship and Sustainability Council. Jane is also Chair of the Johnson & Johnson Corporate Citizenship Trust in EMEA and a Board member. Jane will mentor the Best Woman Sales Manager winner.
14 WOMEN IN SALES AWARDS DECEMBER 2014