Our Leadership Our leaders share the core values of creativity, unconventional thinking, and perseverance as they help shape the future of medicine. North America Executive Leadership Throughout his career, Tarek has brought together high-functioning teams that challenge conventional thinking and deliver results in complex business environments. His commitment to empowering and sup ...read more > Tarek Rabah President and Chief Executive Officer,Otsuka North America Pharmaceutical Business With more than 20 years of experience leading marketing initiatives for some of the most well-known pharmaceutical brands, Louis is a seasoned executive known for invigorating teams with fresh ideas a ...read more > Louis Allesandrine Vice President, CNS Business and Customer Engagement Operations Driven by a dedication to patients, Carole Augustine has devoted 23 years to the pharmaceutical industry and is passionate about advancing innovative health solutions. As a pillar of Otsuka’s R&D busi ...read more > Carole Augustine Vice President, R&D Shared Sciences Throughout her career, Debra has been passionate about helping others reach their full potential. As the head of Corporate Affairs, Debra is responsible for creating and advancing the overall strategy ...read more > Debra Barrett Vice President, Corporate Affairs Karen is passionate about using her legal acumen to positively contribute to Otsuka’s business, mission and employee culture. Her leadership style is firmly rooted in Otsuka’s purpose to defy limitati ...read more > Karen Gally, JD Vice President & General Counsel As a future-focused leader, Kevin spearheads Otsuka’s commitment to a culture of integrity, ensuring this vision is shared and owned by every Otsuka-person, regardless of role, title or responsibility ...read more > Kevin Henley, JD Vice President, US Chief Compliance Officer As Vice President & Global Head of Medical & Regulatory Affairs at Otsuka Pharmaceutical Development & Commercialization, Inc. (OPDC), Mary is responsible for the global medical and regulatory strateg ...read more > Mary Hobart Vice President, Global Regulatory Affairs With over 25 years of experience in clinical, academic, pharmaceutical medicine, and drug development, John upholds Otsuka’s mission to create new products for better health worldwide. As Executive Vi ...read more > John Kraus, MD, PhD Executive Vice President, Chief Medical Officer Nick is Executive Vice President of Global Pharmaceutical Strategy for Otsuka Pharmaceutical Development & Commercialization, Inc. (OPDC). He is responsible for alliance management with companies that ...read more > Nick Kurahashi, MS Executive Vice President, Global Pharmaceutical Strategy As President & General Manager of Otsuka Canada, Mike is a 20-year veteran in the pharmaceutical industry and a distinguished leader. Mike has been integral to Otsuka’s growing presence in both the me ...read more > Mike Laranjo, CPA, CA President & General Manager, Otsuka Canada Pharmaceutical Inc. As Vice President of People and Business Services at Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc., Shobana is focused on delivering a talent strategy that enables individual growth and organizational innovatio ...read more > Shobana Narayanan Vice President, People and Business Services Bret serves as Vice President of Market Access & Channel Strategy at Otsuka, where he brings more than 25 years of sales and marketing experience within the health care sector. He has an unwavering co ...read more > Bret Paulson Vice President, Market Access & Channel Strategy With over 30 years of experience across various financial and strategic leadership positions in healthcare, Steve is passionate about helping organizations make enterprise-level decisions that drive v ...read more > Steve Rosen Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer Lina is a global leader with 25 years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry spanning the European and U.S. markets, as well as broader international operations. Driven by her belief in always g ...read more > Lina Floren Smith Vice President, Nephrology and Immunology Business
Throughout his career, Tarek has brought together high-functioning teams that challenge conventional thinking and deliver results in complex business environments. His commitment to empowering and sup ...read more > Tarek Rabah President and Chief Executive Officer,Otsuka North America Pharmaceutical Business
With more than 20 years of experience leading marketing initiatives for some of the most well-known pharmaceutical brands, Louis is a seasoned executive known for invigorating teams with fresh ideas a ...read more > Louis Allesandrine Vice President, CNS Business and Customer Engagement Operations
Driven by a dedication to patients, Carole Augustine has devoted 23 years to the pharmaceutical industry and is passionate about advancing innovative health solutions. As a pillar of Otsuka’s R&D busi ...read more > Carole Augustine Vice President, R&D Shared Sciences
Throughout her career, Debra has been passionate about helping others reach their full potential. As the head of Corporate Affairs, Debra is responsible for creating and advancing the overall strategy ...read more > Debra Barrett Vice President, Corporate Affairs
Karen is passionate about using her legal acumen to positively contribute to Otsuka’s business, mission and employee culture. Her leadership style is firmly rooted in Otsuka’s purpose to defy limitati ...read more > Karen Gally, JD Vice President & General Counsel
As a future-focused leader, Kevin spearheads Otsuka’s commitment to a culture of integrity, ensuring this vision is shared and owned by every Otsuka-person, regardless of role, title or responsibility ...read more > Kevin Henley, JD Vice President, US Chief Compliance Officer
As Vice President & Global Head of Medical & Regulatory Affairs at Otsuka Pharmaceutical Development & Commercialization, Inc. (OPDC), Mary is responsible for the global medical and regulatory strateg ...read more > Mary Hobart Vice President, Global Regulatory Affairs
With over 25 years of experience in clinical, academic, pharmaceutical medicine, and drug development, John upholds Otsuka’s mission to create new products for better health worldwide. As Executive Vi ...read more > John Kraus, MD, PhD Executive Vice President, Chief Medical Officer
Nick is Executive Vice President of Global Pharmaceutical Strategy for Otsuka Pharmaceutical Development & Commercialization, Inc. (OPDC). He is responsible for alliance management with companies that ...read more > Nick Kurahashi, MS Executive Vice President, Global Pharmaceutical Strategy
As President & General Manager of Otsuka Canada, Mike is a 20-year veteran in the pharmaceutical industry and a distinguished leader. Mike has been integral to Otsuka’s growing presence in both the me ...read more > Mike Laranjo, CPA, CA President & General Manager, Otsuka Canada Pharmaceutical Inc.
As Vice President of People and Business Services at Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc., Shobana is focused on delivering a talent strategy that enables individual growth and organizational innovatio ...read more > Shobana Narayanan Vice President, People and Business Services
Bret serves as Vice President of Market Access & Channel Strategy at Otsuka, where he brings more than 25 years of sales and marketing experience within the health care sector. He has an unwavering co ...read more > Bret Paulson Vice President, Market Access & Channel Strategy
With over 30 years of experience across various financial and strategic leadership positions in healthcare, Steve is passionate about helping organizations make enterprise-level decisions that drive v ...read more > Steve Rosen Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
Lina is a global leader with 25 years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry spanning the European and U.S. markets, as well as broader international operations. Driven by her belief in always g ...read more > Lina Floren Smith Vice President, Nephrology and Immunology Business
