Belén Garijo Explained

Belén Garijo (born 1960) is a Spanish business executive. Since May 2021, she has been the CEO and chair of the executive board of Merck Group.^{[1] [2]}

Career

Garijo was a physician at Hospital Universitario La Paz.^[3]

In 2003, Garijo became managing director of Aventis Spain, leading the merger with Sanofi. In 2011, she became chief operating officer of Merck Group, until being promoted to president in 2013 and elected a board member in 2015. In May 2021, she was named chief executive officer of Merck, following Stefan Oschmann.^{[4] [5]}

In her capacity as CEO, Garijo accompanied Chancellor Olaf Scholz on state visits to China in 2022^[6] and 2024.^[7]

Garijo has been included in the list of "World's 100 most powerful women" by Forbes in 2023 (68th rank in 2023).^[8]

She was ranked 30th on Fortune's list of Most Powerful Women in 2023.^[9]

References

1. Web site: Belen Garijo . weforum.org/.
2. Web site: Belén Garijo 2023 Most Powerful Women . 2024-01-20 . Fortune . en.
3. Web site: Belén Garijo, MD CEO Roundtable on Cancer . 2024-01-19 . www.ceoroundtableoncancer.org.
4. Web site: BELÉN GARIJO . emdgroup.com.
5. Web site: Belén Garijo . 2024-01-19 . Forbes . en.
6. Maren Jensen and Sina Osterholt (3 November 2022), Wer Olaf Scholz begleitet: Fliegen ein Kanzler und zwölf Manager nach China Manager Magazin.
7. Victoria Waldersee, Christoph Steitz, Alexander Huebner and Ludwig Burger (4 April 2024), Top German CEOs join Scholz's China trip despite 'de-risking' push Reuters.
8. Web site: The World’s Most Powerful Women 2023 . Forbes . en.
9. Web site: Most Powerful Women . . en.