Technovation with Peter High (CIO, CTO, CDO, CXO Interviews)

Technovation with Peter High (CIO, CTO, CDO, CXO Interviews)


Alexion Pharmaceuticals SVP & CIO George Llado

January 18, 2021

522: Alexion Pharmaceuticals SVP & CIO George Llado discusses


  • The company’s journey from on-premise to the cloud and the benefits that provided
  • Alexion’s secret sauce to change management
  • The firm’s close relationship with external partners
  • Why Alexion invests in smaller companies
  • The risk George took on Zoom back in 2016
  • The win-win partnership between Alexion and the smaller companies it invests in and works with
  • We discuss some of the lessons George has taken from the pandemic
  • How the social injustices that came to light this year are not new
  • George’s take on new and emerging digital tools

Among a variety of other topics.