London, England, United Kingdom, May 2026 — Roanne Parry has officially stepped into the role of Chief People Officer at GSK, returning to the global biopharma leader’s executive leadership team after more than two decades of transformative human resources leadership across the organization.
Roanne re-joins GSK after serving as Chief Human Resources Officer at CSL, where she led global people strategy and organizational capability initiatives for the multinational biotechnology company.
Her return to GSK marks a significant full-circle leadership journey, having previously spent over 22 years with the company in progressively senior HR leadership roles. Most recently, she served as Senior Vice President Human Resources: R&D, where she played a key role in talent strategy for innovation and scientific advancement.
Earlier at GSK, Roanne held several critical leadership roles including SVP HR: Global Pharma Commercial, Vice President HR: Emerging Markets, VP: HR Business Leader Pharma Europe, and HR Director for Central and Eastern Europe, where she consistently shaped workforce transformation, commercial leadership capability, and global talent strategies.
Her broad experience also spans organizational development, corporate communications, and HR leadership across GSK’s pharma and consumer healthcare divisions, making her uniquely positioned to lead the company’s people agenda at a global scale.
Before her long-standing tenure at GSK, Roanne built foundational HR leadership expertise with Fedsure Holdings Ltd., strengthening her international human capital perspective.
With extensive experience across R&D, commercial operations, emerging markets, and enterprise-wide HR transformation, Roanne Parry’s appointment underscores GSK’s commitment to future-ready talent, organizational excellence, and strategic workforce leadership.
About GSK
GSK is a global biopharma company focused on preventing and treating disease through specialty medicines, vaccines, and general medicines. With research and development centered on respiratory, immunology, oncology, HIV, and infectious diseases, GSK continues to advance scientific innovation to improve global health outcomes.
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