Until his current role, Francis was the Business Unit head of Neuromuscular Diseases for the Roche France affiliate, based in Paris. He led a cross-functional team of access, analytics, customer experience, field engagement, finance, marketing and medical - to achieve market leadership in the disease area. Before that, he built a robust career track in finance through positions with increased responsibilities. Among these, he was Head of Finance, Transformation & Business Services (CFO) for Roche France, overseeing a finance, procurement, logistics, IT, site services, communications and change management team for the French commercial affiliate. Key achievements have been leading the transformation of the affiliate into an agile and outcomes-focused organization; developing external partnerships, improving the performance delivery model and team coaching which all significantly enhanced the organization’s operational efficiency and market presence. Beyond this, Francis is dedicated to corporate social responsibility and inclusivity, co-sponsoring local CSR initiatives and leading diversity networks like OPEN France.

Before that, Francis was the global Head of Roche Pharma Technical Development Finance, based in San Francisco; CFO of Roche in Hong Kong and initially joined the company in a rotational development program that took him into different parts of the business and geographies (Spain, China, Switzerland).

Before joining Roche in 2008, Francis honed his skills at PricewaterhouseCoopers as an Auditor and M&A Executive, setting the stage for his career in finance and business leadership.