Chrisoula Nikidis

Chrisoula’s successful career is highlighted by creative citizen mobilization, coalition-building and the development of ethical practices on a provincial, national and international level. She has built a world-class understanding of the issues and challenges facing the advancement of ethical policies.

As the Head, Ethics & Compliance Policy and Industry Shaping at Takeda Global, Chrisoula focuses on what the organization needs by partnering closely with the business to help create, support and enable an embedded ethics and compliance framework. She oversee the global E&C policy framework including relevant supporting documents and tools for policy operationalization. Chrisoula acts as an internal advisory support on policy interpretation and closely follows changes to relevant laws and regulations. In developing an industry shaping strategy for Takeda pertaining to E&C matters Chrisoula has taken a holistic approach for Global Ethics and Compliance to enhance impact and interactions with industry bodies (IFPMA, EFPIA, ABPI, etc.) and Governmental / Non-governmental organisations (e.g. APEC, WHO, EU, OECD, etc.). She continues to navigate the complex and changing environment in compliance and transparency in the life sciences industry. Chrisoula has built a reputation as a trusted and respected leader of issues involving ethics and integrity both in the private and public sectors. She has been very skillful in balancing competing and challenging issues and priorities in a fast-paced, continually changing environment.

Most recently, she successfully coordinated the Canadian Ethical Consensus Framework, including the Canadian medical, nursing, patients and industry organizations and continues as a senior member of a leadership team implementing collaborative ethical partnerships in many countries. Her strong legal background helped her lead several rounds of modernization of the innovative pharmaceutical code of industry practices.

She has played a pivotal role in the advancement of compliance and ethics on the international level through her leadership in the Code Compliance Network at the IFPMA and as a member of the leadership team in the APEC SME Ethics Initiative in 21 countries of the Asia Pacific region and currently Chairs the IFPMA’s eBIC Working Group on  Multilateral Organizations.

Prior to joining Takeda, Chrisoula was Vice President Ethics, Compliance and Governance at Innovative Medicines Canada.  Chrisoula has a strong record of coalition and relationship building. Her ability to work with diverse groups and build trust in challenging environments speaks to her sense of diplomacy and effective communication skills.

Chrisoula resides in Ottawa with her family and is an active member of the Greek community.