In this episode of the Active Ingredients podcast, host Thomas Dove speaks with Aditi Singh Ulvskjold, Vice President, Global Marketing & Urology at Ambu A/S.

Aditi Singh Ulvskjold is a commercial and transformation leader across pharmaceutical and medical device organisations. From dental surgeon to global marketing executive, she has navigated growth, entrepreneurship and reinvention.

She discusses learning, resilience and humility as active ingredients of modern leadership. She shares lessons from founding and closing her own venture, moving from clinical to commercial roles, and adapting to change in life sciences.

Key Takeaways

• Learn why continuous learning helps leaders stay relevant as they move between therapeutic areas and challenges.
• Understand how resilience means dancing as tectonic plates move, maintaining clarity whilst leading through disruption.
• Discover why humility empowers leadership by creating psychological safety for pharmaceutical teams to perform.
• Explore how early mentorship shapes career trajectories, building empathy and purpose for executive roles.
• Apply lessons from entrepreneurship to corporate leadership, including end-to-end thinking and trusted networks.
• Identify how the three Ps framework creates scalable systems that align purpose, people and performance.
• Examine how artificial intelligence and consumer-centricity are reshaping the life sciences, and what leaders must do.

Snippets

• “The currency that human beings trade in is trust. If you fail in that currency, you can forget about the rest of the things." 
• “It's not about the process… It's actually about how we clarified the purpose. And then you get the people, and the multiplication of it will give you the performance."
• "You're the guy who's mopping the floor, but you're on the team that's building that rocket ship to the moon. Just remember that."

Timestamps

• [00:19:40] – Intro: Leadership journey
• [00:21:06] – Key Ingredients: Learning, resilience, humility
• [00:30:09] – Educational Foundation: Early exposure
• [00:36:18] – Career Pivot: Surgery to pharma
• [00:48:31] – Strategic Clarity: Driving business forward
• [00:53:04] – Entrepreneurial Journey: Founding and closing
• [01:02:22] – Three Ps: Purpose, people, performance
• [01:12:04] – Future Leadership: Evolving attributes
• [01:13:59] – Future Life Sciences: AI and consumers

Resources

• Follow Aditi Singh Ulvskjold on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aditiulvskjold/
• Follow Thomas Dove on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lifesciencesexecutivesearch/

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