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Gilles has been a Partner at Andera (ex Edrip) since 2002. Prior to this he worked as a consultant dedicated to pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies for Russell Reynolds & Associates. In 1988, Gilles started at Rhône-Poulenc Group as Vice President, Public Affairs. In 1992, he was appointed Vice President, assistant to the Chairman and CEO of Rhône-Poulenc Rorer, the pharmaceutical affiliate of Rhône-Poulenc. He then became a founding member of RPR Gencell, the biotechnology division of Rhône-Poulenc Rorer. Initially General Manager for Europe, he subsequently became deputy General Manager of the Division based in San Francisco until 1999. He was then appointed General Manager of a commercial subsidiary in Mexico City. Before he started at Rhône-Poulenc, he was a Field Officer for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in Africa and Central America, advisor to the French Prime Minister (1984-1986), advisor to the French Minister for Industry and Research (1983), Chief of Staff to the President of Languedoc Roussillon Regional Council (1982) and Social Advisor in the French Senate (1981-1982). Gilles graduated from the Paris Institute for Political Sciences (‘Sciences Po Paris’) in 1980, holds also a Master degree in applied economics and a certificate from the Stanford Global School of Business.