Breakout

Raj Verma

Chief Culture, Inclusion & Experience Officer, Sanofi

Raj Verma is a visionary leader at the intersection of human experience, data-driven transformation, and inclusive leadership. As the Chief Culture, Inclusion, and Experience Officer at Sanofi, Raj is redefining how global organizations engage with their people—leveraging both empathy and analytics to build cultures where everyone belongs and thrives.

With a career spanning over 25 years, Raj’s journey has taken him across industries —from Automotive and Manufacturing to Financial Services, Banking, Hospitality, and now Pharmaceuticals. This diverse background has equipped him with a unique ability to lead transformation across complex, global environments. Whether operating at the country, regional, or global level, Raj has consistently delivered results by aligning business strategy with human potential.

Raj’s commitment to inclusion and social justice extends beyond the corporate world. He serves as a board member of Barnardo’s, the UK’s oldest and leading children’s charity. In this role, he brings his expertise in leadership, culture, and people insights to support vulnerable children and families.

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Breakout session

Tuesday, April 28, 3:15PM - 3:45PM

Using Culture to Power the AI Mindset: A People-First Playbook from Sanofi

SHOWCASE

Sanofi is aiming to be the first pharma company to scale AI — but real success goes beyond tech. In this session, Raj Verma, Chief Culture, Inclusion & Employee Experience Officer, reveals how Sanofi is weaving culture, inclusion, and employee experience into its digital transformation to keep it human at heart. After a strategic company reset, Sanofi introduced many digital employee touchpoints as key drivers of change, including Bravo!—the company's recognition platform. Bravo! is becoming a powerful lever for driving culture change, building inclusion, and helping employees adopt new behaviors aligned with Sanofi's AI transformation goals. Raj will explore how recognition and culture design are supporting Sanofi's AI ambitions, and how HR leaders can lead similar efforts in their own organizations. He'll unpack how his team was designed to lead the people strategy through the lens of culture, inclusion, and experience, sharing lessons from policies, processes, and practices while offering actionable ideas for aligning transformation with what matters most to people.

This is a session about storytelling that makes everyone feel like the protagonist — because when people see themselves in the journey, transformation becomes personal.

Key Takeaways:

How creating the right employee experience cultivates values-based behaviors and drives strategic initiatives
How Sanofi is using recognition to activate values and drive growth
Why HR must co-lead on every digital journey
A model for integrating culture, inclusion and employee experience into every digital touch point

Raj Verma

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