LPU alumna top marketing professional in Gulf
A Class 2000 AB Mass Communication cum laude graduate of the Lyceum of the Philippines University (LPU)-Manila Campus, Johrie Alban, has been chosen as the Marketing and Advertising ProfesHer sional of the Year in the Gulf countries. Sanofi’s director Alban is of currently communications responsibility and corporate in the Arabian social Gulf, a position she has had for the Sanofi past four is one years.. of the biggest pharmaceutical companies in the world, employing approximately 100,000 in 170 countries. Alban, being in Sanofi’s leadership team and management committee, helps women colleagues advance in leadership roles, among many other responsibilities.
When Alban arrived in Dubai 14 years ago, she worked as a senior account manager in a public relations company and had to struggle through a harsh work environment, having to manage a team composed of Arabic, British and American expatriates who were all her senior in the company. qualities her up ladder, was the several given employment leadership when propelled the notches she opportunity for Pfizer, Abbott, the two to work then other giants, pharmaceutical before she joined Sanofi. Aside from graduating with honors from LPU-Manila, Alban’s school records show that she was a Dr. Jose P. Laurel Scholar, a Joey Lina Academic Excellence Awardee, the President of the College of Arts and Sciences Student Council, an active theater student artist. leader and a she While embarked working on a for public Pfizer, relations campaign in Algeria, “Hidden Faces of Diabetes,” for which she won the coveted and prestigious Middle East Public Relations Association Award. A well respected public relations and communications professional, Johrie Alban proudly banners her proven 18-year track record in developing strategies which are always in support of her organizational goals, living true to her alma mater’s mantra, “Taking The Lead.”