Today's guest is David Ruau, VP, Head of Global Data Assets and Decision Science at Bayer Pharmaceuticals. David is an experienced digital business leader in the life-science industry with over ten years of experience in integrative bioinformatics and biomedical research. David joined Bayer in 2017 and currently leads the data asset and data science team working across all functions at Bayer Pharmaceuticals.

Bayer is a global enterprise with core competencies in the Life Science fields of healthcare and agriculture. Bayer's products help address some of today’s biggest challenges, including global population growth, an ageing society and the need to make efficient and sustainable use of natural resources. Their mission is to improve people’s quality of life by preventing, alleviating or curing diseases.

In the episode, David will discuss:

The fascinating work he is doing with Bayer,

What attracted to the pharma and life sciences industry,

How to build a successful Data Science team,

Key Data Science skills needed for a career in the pharma sector,

and Introducing a digital transformation in your organisation