# Mike Davis

> Mike Davis is an Atlanta-area biopharma executive whose career has moved from laboratory science to product launches, regional leadership, global portfolio strategy and, since 2024, UCB's senior marketing and stakeholder-integration remit. Educated at Siena College and Adelphi University, he has spent roughly two decades at Schwarz Pharma and UCB, with assignments in the United States, Belgium and China. His public record shows a consistent operating theme: connect scientific work, commercial teams, digital tools and outside stakeholders around a shared definition of value.

- **Role:** SVP, Chief Marketing Officer and Head of Stakeholder Integration at UCB
- **Organizations:** UCB, Schwarz Pharma, Forest Laboratories, U-PAC, Engage Therapeutics
- **Education:** Bachelor of Science, Siena College, Master of Business Administration, Adelphi University
- **Known for:** Helped lead multiple product launches across Forest Laboratories, Schwarz Pharma and UCB., Led UCB brand work from Belgium and an Asia-Pacific business assignment from Shanghai., Championed an integrated go-to-market operating model at UCB.

## Career timeline

- **Early career** — Worked as a bench scientist in clinical and commercial laboratories.
- **1996-2005** — Worked at Forest Laboratories and participated in several product launches.
- **2005-2007** — Served as Group Product Director at Schwarz Pharma.
- **2007-2010** — Served as Group Product Director at UCB after its acquisition of Schwarz Pharma and led a U.S. launch team.
- **2010-2013** — Led a global brand from Belgium, with responsibility for rebuilding its position and growth across Europe.
- **2013-2015** — Based in Shanghai as Vice President and Head of New Brands for Asia Pacific.
- **2015-2017** — Led UCB's Seizure Freedom Patient Value Mission.
- **2017-2022** — Led U.S. Neurology and Rare and served on UCB's U.S. Leadership Team.
- **2022-2024** — Led UCB's worldwide Epilepsy and Rare organization.
- **2024-present** — Serves as SVP, Chief Marketing Officer and Head of Stakeholder Integration at UCB.

## Achievements

- Helped lead multiple product launches across Forest Laboratories, Schwarz Pharma and UCB.
- Led UCB brand work from Belgium and an Asia-Pacific business assignment from Shanghai.
- Championed an integrated go-to-market operating model at UCB.
- Sponsored digital business transformation work whose U.S. initiative received a Reuters Events award in 2020.
- Led the U.S. Neurology team when its agile transformation received an EyeForPharma award in 2019.
- Served as executive sponsor of UCB's Women in Leadership organization during his U.S. leadership tenure.

## Latest updates

- **2026-06** — Appeared as UCB's Chief Marketing Officer and Head of Stakeholder Integration in a Millennium Alliance program on the evolving CMO role.
- **2025-08** — Published a LinkedIn reflection on T-shaped AI users, arguing for depth in a craft plus breadth across empathy, systems thinking and value creation.
- **2024-09** — Began serving as SVP, Chief Marketing Officer and Head of Stakeholder Integration at UCB.
- **2024-06** — Authored a UCB article outlining a three-part approach to innovation: science, partnership and standards of care.

## Links

- Website: https://www.ucb.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mike-davis-ucb

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Last updated: 2026-08-14