Ana Smith

Chief People Officer

Ana joined Simbec-Orion in 2019 as Group Head of Human Resources, before being appointed as Chief People Officer in December 2019. At Simbec-Orion, Ana is responsible for leading the function to support the end-to-end employee life cycle including talent acquisition (recruitment), performance management, learning and development, compensation and employee relations.

Prior to joining Simbec-Orion, Ana was head of HR at AstraZeneca between 2015-2019, prior to which she worked primarily as an HR Business Partner between 2007-2014 leading for restructuring, change and transformation at AstraZeneca.

Ana graduated from Reading University with 2:1 LLB (Hons) Law in 2000.

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