Sarah Holmes-Klotz
Global Head People & Culture Santhera Pharmaceuticals
Sarah Holmes‑Klotz, GPHR is Global Head of People & Culture at Santhera Pharmaceuticals, based in Basel. She brings broad international HR leadership experience across biotech and life sciences, with deep expertise in talent development, change management, and building high‑performing global organisations.
Seminars
Wednesday 7th October 2026
Discover: Sustaining Culture Through Hypergrowth: How Santhera Pharmaceuticals Retained Its Identity While Doubling in Size
11:10 am
- How can a biotech company safeguard its entrepreneurial spirit during a period of hypergrowth and commercialization?
- Learn how Santhera embedded cultural ambassadors, prioritized hiring for cultural fit, and elevated employee experience as a strategic driver of scale
- Even while growing at record pace, Santhera preserved its core identity and strengthened engagement, ensuring culture became a catalyst rather than a casualty of expansion
Wednesday 7th October 2026
Develop: Scaling with Clarity: Preserving Culture and Accelerating Decisions
11:30 am
As life sciences organizations grow, maintaining a strong culture while ensuring fast, effective decision-making becomes increasingly challenging. This interactive Q&A explores practical strategies for protecting organizational identity, reducing decision friction, and creating the clarity needed to sustain performance through periods of rapid growth and transformation.
- Maintaining cultural consistency and employee engagement during rapid expansion
- Defining clear decision rights and accountability in complex, cross-functional environments
- Embedding frameworks, tools, and behaviors that reduce organizational friction
- Building leadership capability, coaching practices, and cultural ambassador networks that reinforce ways of working
