Malika Mir, Ipsen

Obeya as a management system for CIOs

Malika Mir, CIO and Head of Digital for IPSEN Pharmaceutical, is using obeya to lead her department. She has setup obeya rooms in every one of her business units to manage project portfolios, and improve quality, delivery speed and customer satisfaction. She's seeing a new organisation emerge with collaborating teams having a higher customer focus, simpler management processes, and improved work standards with IT suppliers. Malika has her own obeya she uses on a regular basis to coach her first-line managers in problem solving. Finally, she uses the obeya system to manage the digital transformation of the company.
 
Biography: Malika Mir is CIO and has currently been appointed Chief Digital Officer of the Ipsen Pharma group. Malika is an IT professional who has worked for large international companies such as Leo Pharma, COMPAQ, Baxter Healthcare, Microsoft and Nissan. She has long experience managing change in IT organizations by placing innovation at the heart of the business model. She has a strong IT background, enhanced by a Master's degree in business management.
 
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