Markella Al-Saifi

Marketing Lead at Women in Business Club | London Business School
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Location
United Kingdom, UK
Languages
  • English Full professional proficiency
  • French Limited working proficiency
  • Greek Native or bilingual proficiency
  • Spanish Limited working proficiency

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Credentials

  • Walpole Luxury Leaders of Tomorrow Programme
    Walpole
    Nov, 2022
    - Nov, 2024
  • GPhC Registered Pharmacist (registration number: 2225033)
    General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
    Jan, 2021
    - Nov, 2024
  • Advanced Visualisations Business Applications with Tableau
    Afterskills
    Apr, 2023
    - Nov, 2024
  • Diving into Data with SQL
    Afterskills
    Feb, 2023
    - Nov, 2024
  • Data Enabled Decision Making with Excel
    Afterskills
    Sep, 2022
    - Nov, 2024
  • DELE A2
    Instituto Cervantes
  • DELF B2
    Institut français de Grèce (IFG)

Experience

    • United Kingdom
    • Non-profit Organizations
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Marketing Lead
      • Jun 2023 - Present

    • United Kingdom
    • Personal Care Product Manufacturing
    • 400 - 500 Employee
    • Global Product Development MBA Intern
      • Jul 2023 - Aug 2023

    • United Kingdom
    • Higher Education
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • HealthTech Challenge Mentors & Judges Liaison
      • Sep 2022 - Aug 2023

      HealthTech Challenge competition nurturing future entrepreneurs and awarding £10K to a start-up idea at seed and pre-seed stage. HealthTech Challenge competition nurturing future entrepreneurs and awarding £10K to a start-up idea at seed and pre-seed stage.

    • Belgium
    • Animal Feed Manufacturing
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Product Strategy & Business Development Manager - Health and Immunity Segment
      • Jun 2021 - Jun 2022

      - Managed rebranding of AddEssens (plant extract manufacturer) after acquisition by Innovad Group- Built new natural product line in collaboration with R&D team- Coordinated activities of cross-functional teams - Planned and executed marketing campaigns - Set sales objectives and oversaw sales activities

    • Technical Operations Manager
      • May 2020 - May 2021

      Animal Health and Nutrition- managed the Compliance & Regulatory Affairs department of Innovad- oversaw product registration files to enable & support international sales- represented Innovad in industry exhibitions/ trade shows- liaised with local authorities (FAVV, customs, notary public)- performed stability studies and trials and collaborated with the Lab team- set up product specifications and quality standards and liaised with Quality dept.- optimised product formulations in terms of efficiency and cost- involved in new ERP system implementation Show less

    • Business operations & Innovation (rotation)
      • Apr 2018 - Apr 2020

      - promoted and implemented the innovative Myco-Marker service- generated promotional & training material (leaflets, presentations, live webinars)- co-authored published scientific papers- involved in product (field and controlled) trials - carried out in-house research and sourcing of plant extracts & essential oils - performed customer visits

    • Belgium
    • Manufacturing
    • Product Strategy & Business Development Manager - Health and Immunity
      • Jun 2021 - Jun 2022

      Member of the Innovad Group of companies. Focusing on the circular economy, Add Essens utilises raw materials from the fruit pulp industry and is a key partner within the cosmetic, pharmaceutical and animal health sector as a provider of natural sustainable ingredients. With over 15 years of market experience, Add Essens has a core focus on extraction technologies and the intellectual know how of advanced methodologies such as supercritical CO2 extraction, cold press oil extraction and water/ethanol extraction for the organic extraction of plants, fruits and oil seeds. The product offering covers a variety of pressed oils, fruit powders and press cake flours obtained from natural ingredients like berries (elderberry, blackcurrant, cranberry etc.) and back cumin. Show less

    • Pharmacist
      • Jan 2017 - Mar 2018

      - Offered fist-line patient counseling and liaised with the community to improvetherapeutic outcomes - Carried out promotional campaigns for seasonal products - Collaborated with management to optimize patient care - Collaborated with physicians to best support patients - Offered fist-line patient counseling and liaised with the community to improvetherapeutic outcomes - Carried out promotional campaigns for seasonal products - Collaborated with management to optimize patient care - Collaborated with physicians to best support patients

    • Hospital Pharmacist
      • Oct 2017 - Dec 2017

      Part of training programme Part of training programme

    • United States
    • Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Pre-registration Pharmacist
      • Aug 2016 - Nov 2016

      Organiser of a Diabetes Awareness Campaign Organiser of a Diabetes Awareness Campaign

    • France
    • Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Intern
      • Jun 2014 - Jul 2014

      Rotation between the marketing and medical departments - Assisted in the promotion of Lyxumia - Used historical data to forecast sales trends and develop a business plan - Pharmacovigilance - Addressed customer enquiries and counseling Rotation between the marketing and medical departments - Assisted in the promotion of Lyxumia - Used historical data to forecast sales trends and develop a business plan - Pharmacovigilance - Addressed customer enquiries and counseling

Education

  • London Business School
    Master of Business Administration - MBA
    2022 - 2024
  • Columbia Business School
    Master of Business Administration - MBA
    2023 - 2023
  • University College London, U. of London
    Master of Pharmacy
    2012 - 2016
  • Geitonas School
    International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme, 40/45
    2010 - 2012
  • Geitonas School
    Greek Lyceum, 19/20

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