Throughout its years of rapid growth, Actelion has always been highly conscious of the fact that it is our people who make the difference. In turn, we have made sure our employees understand that we expect each of them to make a significant contribution.

Actelion acknowledges that people come to us from diverse backgrounds, both culturally and professionally. We strive to provide our employees with the best environment in which they can fulfill their individual aspirations and contribute to innovative medicines that positively affect patients’ lives.

Our CEO, Jean-Paul Clozel, personally spends a significant amount of his time working to foster a corporate culture in which innovation is the focus. As a company, we have defined the professional development of our employees as a strategic priority. On a day-to-day basis, we undertake substantial improvements in infrastructure and the services provided to our rapidly expanding workforce. In this way, we can ensure a well-resourced environment conducive to optimum productivity.

Actelion’s efforts are driven by its core values: innovation, open communication, trust and teamwork, and result-driven. These values are shared throughout the organization with all of our people. They form the core part of our ongoing in-house management training activities. These values are displayed daily by employees when approaching the hurdles of turning innovation into value, in a highly regulated environment, and with a multitude of different professional and cultural backgrounds.

A recent global employee survey has revealed a very high degree of support and adherence to Actelion’s core values throughout its workforce. Compared to industry benchmarks, a significantly higher proportion of our employees would recommend Actelion as a place to work – our relatively low turnover rate mirrors this satisfaction.

Actelion – and its shareholders – have always understood that performance should be rewarded adequately both in the short and in the long-term. We offer incentive schemes such as performance-based bonuses and equity-based programs. These programs help us to align our employees behind strategic initiatives designed to achieve long-term growth, and allow everyone to benefit when the challenging targets defined in such initiatives are met or exceeded.    

From the beginning, Actelion has been a company rich in diversity. Our headquarters are located in an area where the Swiss, French and German borders meet. Here, a strong life-science industry has attracted highly qualified individuals from all around the world. Actelion currently employs at its headquarters more than 700 professionals from more than 35 different nations.

Actelion’s business momentum is mirrored in an increasing number of employees and locations around the world. In 2007, we had a presence in 23 countries. In our 10th year since the founding of the company, we now employ almost 1,600 individuals worldwide, an increase of more than 300 compared to a year ago,