Maria Mollica

Head of Sales - Primary & Speciality Care

Maria Mollica is the Head of Sales for Viatris Australia, with the responsibility for primary and specialty care. Mollica leads a team of sales representatives calling on general practitioners, specialists and allied health professionals.

Most recently, Mollica has led her team through a transformation towards a hybrid selling model, combining remote and face-to-face sales, supporting the change in the environment as a result of COVID-19, as well as driving forward towards Viatris’ omnichannel strategy.

Before joining Viatris, Mollica spent over 6 years at Mylan, most recently as Head of Sales. During her time here she worked closely with the Department of Health and key patient advocate bodies to gain reimbursement under the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme for a medication for Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) against human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. This provided Australians with access to an important indication that wasn’t previously reimbursed.

Prior to this, Mollica held several roles at Alphapharm across business development and product management.

Mollica’s career spans 23 years in the pharmaceutical industry in a variety of commercial roles including sales, marketing, product launch, pipeline development and business development, demonstrating her strong business acumen and agility.

Mollica graduated with a Bachelor of Science in biochemistry and pharmacology from the University of Sydney, before completing a Graduate Diploma in Marketing from University of Technology, Sydney.

Sylvain Vigneault: Country Manager- Viatris Australia.

Overseeing the strategic direction of the business, Sylvain is responsible for leading a team of almost 800 employees in Australia and supporting them to supply patients with access to more than 1,000 medicines.

Ludovic Laporte, Head Commercial Finance

Ludovic Laporte is the Head of Finance for Viatris ANZ. He oversees Controlling, FP&A, Commercial Operations & Strategic Analysis of the ANZ business. Prior to Viatris, Ludovic served as Regional Head of Finance at Mylan.

Ash Kuchel, Head of Marketing

Ash Kuchel is Head of Marketing for Viatris Australia, with responsibility for developing the marketing of key Viatris brands through insight-based strategy, ensuring the positioning and messaging resonates with key stakeholders to drive the quality use of medicine and deliver better health outcomes.

Georgina Davies, Head of Commercial Excellence

Georgina Davies is Head of Business Excellence ANZ at Viatris. Georgina works to bring the principles of business excellence to Viatris. She does this by applying a scientific approach to the way we do things to bring value to our customers.

Jim Margaritis, Head of Sales Pharmacy

Jim Margaritis is the Head of Sales Pharmacy & Institutional for Viatris Australia. He oversees multiple teams that are responsible for a significant portion of revenue. Jim has 18 years of experience in firms like Alphapharm & Amneal Pharma

Charbel Azzi, Head of Business Development

Charbel Azzi is the Head of Business Development, Strategic Partnerships and Sourcing for Viatris Australia. Charbel is on the Commercial Leadership Team responsible for the business strategic direction and guides a cross functional team to deliver a robust portfolio of internal and 3rd party products for the Australian business.

Prior to this appointment, Charbel was responsible for managing strategic partnerships with leading pharmaceutical companies. After 6 years of working in various community pharmacy settings, Charbel started with Alphapharm in 2006 as a sales representative and spent the majority of his 9 year tenure in sales as a Regional Business Manager. Charbel transitioned next to a marketing manager role leading the pharmacy channel marketing team.

Charbel completed a Bachelor of Pharmacy degree from The University of Sydney and began his career in community pharmacy in 2000. In 2012, he completed a Master of Business Administration from UNSW (AGSM). Charbel remains a NSW registered and practicing community pharmacist.