Life Sciences Forum, Middle East

This Forum provides a collaborative platform for Regional Rewards Leaders from Life Sciences companies across the Middle East to engage in meaningful discussions on key people issues, while sharing insights, best practices, and innovative solutions that enhance employee engagement and drive organization success.

Forum members connect quarterly to explore the latest trends, challenges, and opportunities in rewards management.

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Key Features:

Meetings provide a venue for networking opportunities.
Spot surveys on key issues provide insights on hot and emerging topics.
Meetings feature experiences from within the group as well as external subject matter experts - companies / academics / consultants.
Opportunities exist to discuss broader subjects; for example, compensation and talent retention, etc.
The Steering Committee helps guide agenda, new members and speakers.
Regular “hot topics” discussions shape meeting agendas.

Membership Inclusions:

Two annual in-person Forum meetings in Dubai (April and October) - two seats per company.
Two annual webinars (June and November) - no limit on number of attendees per company.
Four to six spot polls per year on topics that are agreed upon with the Forum members at the meetings.
Presentation materials shared by Mercer consultants during the Forum meetings.

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Membership Benefits

Includes 2 seats at each face-to-face meeting (held in Dubai in March and September).
Includes unlimited accesses for online/zoom meetings (held in June and November).
Networking with and benchmarking against premier Life Sciences companies.
Opportunities to shape, influence and develop best HR practices for the Life Sciences industry in the region.
Ability to conduct quick polls and share knowledge in special interests pertinent to the forum and members.
Regular invites to events throughout the year included in membership.
Several spot polls per year on topics that are agreed upon amongst members.
Access to all presentation materials shared by Mercer consultants.

Membership Obligations

Contribute to the forum by bringing fresh perspectives and thought leadership.
Ensure senior HR leadership represents the company for meetings, no deputizing to junior staff.
Fulfilment of all membership obligations and rules as specified below:
- To be eligible for a report, the company must submit data. We invite company to submit as much data as possible for all locations where they have presence.
- Data must be on time and good quality for all positions, including executives.
- On time payment of membership fee (membership fee is renewed every year in January).
- Company should not miss more than 1 of the 2 forum meetings, in a calendar year.

Current Members

Abbott
AbbVie
Acino
Amgen
AstraZeneca
Bayer
Biogen
Boehringer Ingelheim
Bristol-Myers Squibb
Eli Lilly
Galderma
Gilead
Hikma Pharma

Johnson & Johnson
Leo Pharma
Medtronic
Merck
MSD
Novartis
Novo Nordisk
Organon
Pfizer
Sanofi
Servier
Roche
Takeda

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