Maria Antonova, GEM MBA 2016, appointed Senior Director Global Procurement & Facilities Strategy and Program Management.

Maria joined Teva Pharmaceuticals in 2019.

Maria grew up in Russia and started her career in Procurement more than 15 years ago with ABB, a Swedish-Swiss multinational corporation and one of the leaders in electrical equipment manufacturing. In 2014 she joined a double degree MBA program with Grenoble Ecole de Management while making a professional transition from a focus on the local market to a global sourcing and category management role.

Several years later after her graduation, in 2019, she joined Teva Pharmaceuticals, the world’s leading provider of generic medicines, as a Global Category Manager with marketing & sales procurement team.  
In 2022 Maria relocated in a beautiful city of Amsterdam, Netherlands, to take over responsibilities as a Category Head for Agencies, Media and Digital services globally. 

Last December Maria made another exciting career move and took a challenging opportunity to steer the strategic agenda of the overall Global Procurement and Facilities organization. Her responsibilities include supporting Chief Procurement Officer in his strategic objectives, overseeing project portfolio creation, prioritization and delivery, and playing a key role in executing Teva’s strategy for managing procurement spend and meeting a significant savings targets.