DE&I and leadership at Moderna Japan: An interview with Rami Suzuki, president & representative director
Rami Suzuki is the president and representative director, Moderna Japan. Prior to joining Moderna, she was the CEO and representative director of Ferring Japan. She was also at Janssen Japan as the head of medical affairs function and at Eisai Co., Ltd., as a corporate officer in charge of corporate business development. She obtained her Ph.D. in medicine at University College London with a scholarship from Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research. Her postdoctoral research was on breast cancer at Imperial College, London.
In this next installment in our Leadership Perspectives video series, Heidrick & Struggles’ Elsie Zhang speaks to Rami Suzuki, the president and representative director of Moderna Japan. Suzuki shares what motivated her to become a doctor and how that led her to Moderna, discussing the challenges she faced along the way, balancing motherhood with her career ambitions, and why it’s crucial to foster a business environment in which people can be honest about what they don’t understand and still need to learn. She also shares what diversity means to her both personally and at Moderna Japan, and offers advice to companies on what actions they should take to make progress on it. Finally, she offers advice to young women leaders on advancing their careers.
About the interviewer
Elsie Zhang (ezhang@heidrick.com) is a partner in Heidrick & Struggles’ Tokyo office and a member of Healthcare & Life Sciences Practice.