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Mar 31, 26

SUBMIT NEWS

Mar 31, 26

SUBMIT NEWS

Pfizer Appoints Lucie Kubenova To Lead Legal Eastern Europe Cluster

Pfizer has appointed Prague-based Lucie Kubenova to the role of Eastern Europe Cluster Legal Lead, Legal Director.

Kubenova has been with the company since 2017 when she joined as a Legal Lead. Before that, she worked for Sanofi between 2014 and 2017, first as a Legal Director and then as the MCO Head of Legal for the Czech Republic and Slovakia since 2016. Earlier still, she worked as the CE Compliance Coordinator and Czech and Slovak Compliance Officer for AstraZeneca between 2013 and 2014, as a Legal and Compliance Manager for Medtronic between 2009 and 2013, and as an In-House Lawyer with Komercni Banka between 2005 and 2009.

“I am very excited to take the role and looking forward to working with my colleagues across the cluster,” commented Kubenova

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