Welcome to a brand new episode of Women And Manufacturing. Joining us in conversation today is Jean Angus, President & CEO of Saint-Gobain Life Sciences, a global organization that designs, produces, and distributes fluid management components and systems to industries like biopharma, medical, food and bev, personal care, and chemical. Hear all about her journey working in innovation processes before her current leadership role. Hear what psychological safety means to Jean, and what she advises listeners who feel they cannot be themselves at work. She shares how she works to embrace understanding those around her in order to be more inclusive, and how she aims to engage the workforce to enable people to work best. We touch on vulnerability, staying present as a leader, and the one principle she applies to both her work and her life before Jean leaves us with a powerful piece of advice: just try! Thanks for tuning in.
#205 Psychological Safety, Vulnerability and Inclusivity with Jean Angus
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Jean Angus
Jean Angus Biography – CEO of Life Sciences, Saint-Gobain
Jean Angus is the president and CEO of Life Sciences at Saint-Gobain, a 44.1B € (2021 sales) company, operating in 68 countries, with more than 170,000 employees. Saint-Gobain has been recognized as a Top 100 Global Innovator and is one of only fourteen companies recognized as a Top Global Employer.
Working in multiple industries, Jean has over twenty-five years of broad-based, global experience, including global business management, strategy development, sales and marketing, manufacturing, supply chain, innovation, and R&D. In her role as Life Sciences’ president and CEO, Jean leads the development and manufacturing of high-performance components and integrated solutions for industries such as biopharmaceuticals, medical and food and beverage.
Jean and her team are building a customer-focused culture, where strong material expertise complements unparalleled co-development capabilities. She brings a passion for growing businesses to her leadership role. She believes everyone is creative and strives to connect all employees to customers’ experiences, ultimately fostering a culture in which everyone contributes to the growth of the business.
Jean joined Saint-Gobain in 2011 as Director of Innovation Processes and was promoted to General Manager Seals Engineered Components before taking her role leading Life Sciences in 2018. She received a Master’s of Science in Business and Environmental Management from the University of Findlay and a Bachelor’s of Science in Biochemistry from Auburn University.
