Michel Lagarde

Biography

Michel Lagarde joined Patheon as its president in 2016.  Lagarde leads the global functions and cross-enterprise operations, reporting to Patheon CEO, James Mullen. Lagarde joined Patheon from JLL Partners, a leading middle market private equity firm with a track record focused on healthcare. For the last eight years, he has been working with several of JLL’s portfolio companies in the healthcare and pharma services sectors as managing director, including Patheon. He served as a member of Patheon’s Board of Directors since 2011. Lagarde, in his role at JLL, was directly involved with members of Patheon’s executive committee for the last five years transforming the company into a global provider of biopharma development and manufacturing services.  Patheon has successfully completed and integrated five strategic acquisitions in the last five years, which has more than doubled the company’s revenues and EBITDA. Prior to joining JLL, Lagarde served as CEO and CFO of the Domestic Appliances and Personal Care division of Philips Electronics North America.  Prior, he served as CFO of Philips Electronics in Indonesia and financial controller of Philips Electronics Hong Kong, where he was responsible for a $1 billion industrial footprint.   Lagarde earned a B.B.A from European University Antwerp and an Executive Master in Finance & Control from the University of Maastricht & Amsterdam.

Research Interest

 Business