He Young Lee appointed new head of BMS Korea

Former GM Jinyoung Kim transfer to become Director of Global Compliance Organization

Country Manager He Young Lee

He Young Lee, the current Country Manager of Viatris Korea, has been appointed the new head of BMS Korea.

 

According to industry sources, BMS Korea had carried out the recruitment process after the current General Manager (46), Jinyoung Kim, was transferred to the Global Compliance Organization, after which He Young Lee was nominated as the new head.

 

With the appointment, Lee will resign from Viatris as of this month (July) and join BMS.

 

Lee, who was appointed the first CEO of Viatris Korea after its spin-off from Pfizer, accumulated over 20 years of experience in the industry after graduating from the Seoul National University School of Pharmacy and acquiring an MBA from Korea University.

 

Since joining Pfizer Korea in 2000, Lee served various posts in various departments, from clinical research, project development, to strategy&planning and served as the Marketing Director of the Primary Care Business as well as the CV TA Lead of the GEP (Global Established Product) Business in Shanghai and Hong Kong.

 

Lee then served as the Country Manager of Pfizer Singapore, after which she was appointed the Vice President and Korea Lead of Pfizer Established Health to return to Korea.

 

In November 2020, Pfizer Upjohn Korea became part of Global Viatris, and Lee was appointed Country Manager of Viatris Korea.

 

A company official said, “Viatris’s business will continue as usual.

 

Amr Ammar, Head of Commercial Development, Emerging Markets at Viatris will work closely with executives in Korea to ensure that operations run smoothly as planned."