Leadership Team

The Bayer Inc. Leadership Team


Philip Blake

President & CEO

Philip Blake is President & CEO, Bayer Inc. and Head of Bayer HealthCare in Canada. Under his leadership, the organization has become one of the country's top five healthcare companies, and is one of Canada's Top 100 Employers and one of the GTA's Top 75 Employers by Maclean's Magazine and the Toronto Star for the second consecutive year. Bayer Inc. is headquartered in Toronto and employs approximately 1000 professionals from coast to coast.


Ute Bockstegers

CFO & Head, Business Administration and Partnering

Ute Bockstegers is the Chief Financial Officer and the Head of Business Administration and Partnering at Bayer Inc. In her current role, Ms. Bockstegers is responsible for providing management, leadership and strategic direction for operations, legal, business intelligence, IT and finance.


Shurjeel Choudhri

Senior Vice President & Head, Medical and Scientific Affairs

As Head of Medical and Scientific Affairs (M&SA) for Bayer Inc Dr. Shurjeel Choudhri is responsible for contributing to both the Canadian and International Business objectives, with timely development, registration, and post-registration scientific/medical support for innovative, safe and effective pharmaceutical products.


Jacqueline De Gagné

Head, Law & Patents

Jacqueline De Gagné is Head, Law & Patents, Compliance Officer, Privacy Officer and Corporate Secretary of Bayer Inc. In her current role, Ms. De Gagné is responsible for leadership of legal compliance, legal governance, privacy and law and patent services across the businesses of Bayer Inc.


Stefan Freeman

Head, Animal Health

Stefan Freeman is the Head of Animal Health for Bayer Inc. In his current role, Mr. Freeman is responsible for overseeing the operational, financial and strategic direction of the group.


Doug Grant

Senior Vice President and Head, Corporate Affairs

Doug Grant is the Senior Vice President and Head of Corporate Affairs at Bayer Inc. In his role, Mr. Grant is responsible for providing management, leadership and strategic direction for Communications, Trade Relations, Contracts, Pricing, Reimbursement, Federal and Provincial Government Affairs, as well as overseeing the Hematology business unit.

 


Gord Johnston

Vice President & Head, Human Resources

Gord Johnston is the Vice President & Head, Human Resources of Bayer Inc. In his current role, Mr. Johnston is responsible to provide human resource leadership, expertise and knowledge to effectively support the strategic business objectives required to attain the goals of the two Canadian Bayer legal entities and three Bayer subgroups (HealthCare, Material Science and CropScience).


Kevin Skinner

Head, Consumer Care

Kevin Skinner is the Head of Consumer Care for Bayer Inc. In his current role, Mr. Skinner has overall responsibility for the Consumer Care business in Canada.


Ernie Springolo

Head & Senior Country Representative, Bayer MaterialScience

Ernie Springolo is the Head of Bayer MaterialScience (BMS) for Bayer Inc. In his current role, Mr. Springolo is responsible for the sales and marketing activities for thermoplastic urethane, polyurethanes, coatings, adhesives and specialties, and polycarbonates and polycarbonate blends in Canada. In addition, Mr. Springolo has Global Key Account responsibility for one of BMS's global automotive accounts, The Woodbridge Group.


Amechi Nwachuku

Head, Diabetes Care

Amechi Nwachuku is the Canadian Country Division Head (CDH) for Bayer HealthCare
Diabetes Care. In his role, Mr. Nwachuku leads all aspects of the Diabetes Care
business, in addition to working with other Bayer business units, customers and industry associations in Canada.