Alexion Pharmaceuticals SVP & CIO George Llado

In this interview, we discuss the company's journey from on-premise to the cloud and the benefits that provided, Alexion's secret sauce to change management, and the firm’s close relationship with external partners. We discuss how George works with the VC community, including why Alexion invests in smaller companies, the risk George took on Zoom back in 2016, and the win-win partnership between Alexion and the smaller companies it invests in and works with. Lastly, we discuss some of the lessons George has taken from the pandemic, how the social injustices that came to light this year are not new, George's take on new and emerging digital tools, among a variety of other topics.