Franciane Chevot
A private company being owned by a charity is unique within the pharmaceutical industry. This uniqueness reflects on Almac culture and company atmosphere.
What was it that made you choose Almac over other companies that interested you or with which you interviewed?
I always wanted to work in the pharmaceutical industry and having experience in academia, I was looking for experiencing the latter stage of the drug development. My knowledge of the CDMO’s environment were quite limited at the start, however, Almac showed wiliness in training me up. It happened when I moved into a development chemist position from a researcher in academia and then to a Business Development Manager. I saw Almac has a good company fit where I could use my experience and knowledge but bring them further.
What would you tell an applicant who is applying to Almac?
A private company being owned by a charity is unique within the pharmaceutical industry. This uniqueness reflects on Almac culture and company atmosphere.
Almac is a medium size company which have the advantages to get you on challenging projects and still to make you feel close to your colleagues with multiple options of vertical and horizontal progression. I will say that Almac is the right balance between being challenged and feeling of belonging.
What great opportunities have you had in your role?
The greatest opportunity in my current role is to meet with passionate scientists and leading experts from the pharmaceutical industry all over Europe.
As a BDM, I promote Almac expertise/teams that will support their drug development to the next level up. And, it is extremely rewarding to know that Almac can support and advise them, being an integral part of their innovation process that might be the cure to Cancer or Diabetes for instance.
Can you outline your career within Almac to date?
I have started as a development chemist and through a secondment more than a year ago, I am now a Business Development Manager for Almac Sciences.