André Brazeau

André has recently been appointed to his new role to build and lead the Canadian Commercial Operations & Strategic Excellence organization at Organon. His team is responsible for key and diverse areas including Commercial Effectiveness, Business Insights & Analytics, Sales Forecasting & Demand Planning, Business Development, Commercial Trade & Customer Service and Learning & Development.

André spent 25 years of his career in the pharmaceutical industry with Merck.  Over the last 9 years, as Director, Business Insights & Analytics, he brought data and insights at the fingertips of stakeholders and made data driven decisions a priority. To do so, he revamped the sales forecasting and analytics areas through process improvements, structure changes and investment in new capabilities, namely, with the creation of a Quantitative Science & Data Analytics department.  Prior to this role, André spent 16 years in Finance where he held several roles from Senior Financial Analyst, Assistant Controller to Director, Financial Planning & Analysis, where he played a key role in several company company restructurings, including the merger with Schering-Plough, as well as successfully leading the SAP Finance modules implementation at Merck Canada. Before Merck, André worked for Nortel, a multinational telecommunications and data networking equipment manufacturer.   

André holds an M. Sc. in Finance and a Bachelor of Commerce from Université de Sherbrooke and is a Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA).  André and his wife Diane have 2 daughters, Daphnée and Carolane.