Frank Binder

Dr. Frank Binder is Corporate Officer and Head of Global Supply Chain Management at Santen, a specialized pharmaceutical company focusing on Ophthalmics, headquartered in Japan. Frank is based in Switzerland, reporting directly into the senior leadership in Osaka. His mission is transforming Santen’s Supply Chain, enabling Santen to globalize its business, from its dominant position in the Japanese market to global leadership. It is Franks priority to ensure that the Supply Chain organization delivers significant value to the company, and is recognized as a key business partner to the commercial and financial organizations. Prior to his current role, Frank has been Head of International Supply Chain at the US Biopharma company Celgene, and has held various Supply Chain roles at Swiss Pharma companies Roche and Novartis, and at management consultancy Accenture. Thereby he’s gained a broad and deep Supply Chain Management expertise, spanning production, planning, NPI, S&OP, international logistics and distribution across Europe and Asia. He is regularly invited to speak at major industry conferences in Europe, USA and Asia and enjoys contributing to the advancement of the Pharmaceutical Supply Chain practice. Frank holds a doctorate in Physical Chemistry (Dr. phil. nat.) from University of Berne, complemented later by courses at Cranfield University and Harvard Business School. Managing teams and stakeholders across the world, and across very different business cultures, is one of his daily challenges. Frank has a multicultural background himself, and is fluent in several languages (English, French, German, Spanish), and has significant management experience in executive roles, spanning Europe, Asia and the US.