Jon Fairest heads Sanofi’s Global Health Unit, leading strategy and implementation for the not-for-profit, sustainable social business that aims to expand access to 30 Sanofi medicines, largely focused on noncommunicable diseases, in 40 countries with the highest unmet medical needs. Jon joined Sanofi in 2002 and has held positions of increasing responsibility since, including General Manager roles in Bulgaria, Finland, Portugal and Canada before taking the position of Head of Africa Region. In 2019, he became head of external affairs for Eurasia, Middle East, and Africa and served as head of trade and revenue management, a transversal organization across Sanofi’s global business units.