A once-in-a-century transformation, and the leader driving it.

This week, in one of our biggest episode of Leading Beyond the Lab yet, we sit down with Christophe Bourdon, CEO of LEO Pharma, a company valued in the multi-billion-euro range and entering one of the most defining chapters in its 100-year history.

With over 25+ years of global biopharma leadership experience, spanning pivotal roles at Amgen, Sanofi, and Orphazyme, Christophe brings a rare combination of commercial excellence, turnaround leadership, and global market insight. He also shares how senior leaders such as Murdo Gordon helped shape his approach to building high-performing, people-centric teams.

In this episode, Host of Leading Beyond The Lab, @Lawrence Rose, discusses with Christophe how he’s reshaping a century-old European company into a modern, innovation-driven global leader, covering:

1. Transforming LEO Pharma, from financial urgency to sustainable growth, cultural renewal, and long-term clarity.
2. The Partner and Development model, and why global players like Gilead Sciences and Boehringer Ingelheim have chosen LEO as a trusted innovation partner.
3. Leadership and culture at scale, transparency, conviction, rebuilding confidence, and empowering bold talent.
4. Preparing for a future IPO, aligning profitability, growth, and a clear 5-year vision for employees, shareholders, and partners.
5. Europe vs. the US in the next decade of biotech, why the US has become LEO’s largest affiliate and what this shift means for global competitiveness.

This episode is a rare look at what it truly takes to modernise a legacy company while keeping innovation, collaboration, and leadership at the core.

Be sure to check out this episode - one of our most important conversations to date.

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Christophe Bourdon

CEO of LEO Pharma

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christophe-bourdon-77a62b6/

Lawrence Rose

Co-Founder + Talent Solutions Director At ARTO

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lawrencerose/

Timestamps:

00:00 LEO’S Recent Achievements

06:58 Shaping a Modern LEO Pharma

16:30 LEO Pharma’s IPO Journey

25:39 Christophe’s Leadership

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