Jim Margaritis

Head of Sales - Pharmacy & Institutional

Jim Margaritis is the Head of Sales – Pharmacy and Institutional for Viatris Australia, with responsibility for leading a team that ensures access of high-quality medicines to patients, that provides a significant portion of the company’s revenue. He is also responsible for building and maintaining key strategic relationships and shape Viatris’ strategic direction in retail pharmacy, hospitals and wholesalers, to ensure every patient in Australia has access to Viatris medicines.

Prior to this, Jim was the Change Champion of Pfizer’s Upjohn division, the company’s off-patent and generics business, playing an integral role in the separation of Upjohn from Pfizer and its subsequent integration into Viatris during the COVID-19 pandemic, launching the Commercial Operations Team to manage the change of business model. Before taking up this role in 2020, Jim served as commercial lead – hospital solutions for Pfizer Australia, and commercial lead at Upjohn ANZ.

Jim began his career at Mylan and has over 18 years of experience in a number of commercial roles at companies including Alphapharm and Amneal Pharmaceuticals.

A graduate of Swinburne University of Technology with a Bachelor of Business, Jim has recently completed an executive leadership program in Leading Global Businesses at Harvard Business School. Alongside his work, Jim has played an active role in Foodbank Australia and the Royal Children’s Hospital fundraisers.

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.

Robert Elliot, Head of Operations

Robert Elliot is the Head of Operations ANZ with responsibility for Viatris’ state of the art manufacturing facility at Carole Park in Queensland, and supporting functions.

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.

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. Maria leads a team of sales representatives calling on general practitioners, specialists and allied health professionals.

Charbel Azzi, Head of Sales - Pharmacy & Institutional

Charbel Azzi is the Head of Sales, Pharmacy and Institutional. Charbel leads the national Key Account teams responsible for driving business development opportunities with key customer groups positioning Viatris as a partner of choice.