Veronique Toully Winner: “Business Leader of the Year” Award

On June 2, 2017, the China Women Leadership Awards (WLA) 2017 winners were announced at the International Professional Women Society (IPWS) Leadership Summit endorsed by the IE Business School. From over 75 nominations, the Women Leadership Award Jury selected 6 winners. We are proud to share that Veronique Toully has been recognized as “Business Leader of the Year” among the winners.

The WLA recognizes international professional women in China who are leaders in their field. These inspiring women (and since 2016, men supporting women) have made a marked difference in our community and have forged paths for others to follow.

Cited from WLA’s announcement, “Veronique is a scientist who has transitioned to world class business woman after a successful career with UCB. She is truly a business leader in her field, and has engaged in the community as such. Veronique is smart in bringing high stakeholders together, strategic influencing, with a business edge, while being passionate about her sector.”

Veronique has expressed gratitude for receiving this honor:

"I would like to thank you (WLA) for having recognized me with the Business Leader of the Year Award 2017. I am very honored and touched to get this distinction from the Business community in China. I would not have got this award without the fantastic team I have been working with for the last four and a half years : their energy, engagement in our vision to make an impact on the life of patients with severe diseases, their willingness to learn, to try and their resilience have been an inspiration to me. This award is a fantastic encouragement for me to continue to foster autonomy and trust, to ask the right questions, to listen to my colleagues and to the external world outside our industry. They have always been a source of inspiration to me."