Monisha Banerjee

Based in London, Monisha Banerjee focuses on senior level assignments for a variety of clients in the healthcare sector, including pharmaceutical, biotechnology, medical device, diagnostic and healthcare services organisations. Her assignments include Chief Executive, non-executive and general management appointments, as well as a variety of functional leadership roles.

Previous Experience

Prior to joining Russell Reynolds Associates, Monisha worked for Medicus International, a pharmaceutical communications company (part of Publicis Healthcare Communications Group) that provides marketing solutions to global pharmaceutical clients. At Medicus, she worked across several client-service teams focusing on a number of key accounts including Sanofi-Aventis (Acomplia®) and Bristol-Myers Squibb (Orencia®) on strategic brand planning, key opinion leader development and medical writing.

Education

Monisha received her B.Sc. in applied biology from Imperial College London, during which she spent a year working as a research scientist at the Neuroscience Research Centre at Eli Lilly & Co. She subsequently completed a GlaxoSmithKline/BBSRC-funded Ph.D. in molecular neurobiology from the MRC Centre for Developmental Neurobiology at King’s College London. She is also an Associate of the Royal College of Science.