In this episode, I’m very pleased to welcome Marcia Philbin, CEO of the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Medicine. She takes us “behind the curtain” to describe the engaging process and practical tools she used to involve multiple stakeholder groups in developing a new purpose and values for the organisation. She also talks about how this has contributed to her own personal and professional growth and development.
Marcia, in her own words:
My name is Marcia Philbin and a child of the Windrush generation as my parents came from Jamaica and settled in Birmingham in the 1960s. I inherited their work ethic and belief in the transformative power of education. That is why I am a black female scientist with a PhD in chemistry who is now the Chief Executive of the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Medicine, an influential body for doctors who develop, regulate and deliver new medicines. I am also a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry and a Fellow of the Association of Project Management. Where others see challenges, I see opportunities. I want to help others to stop staring at the trees and see the forest instead because when you do that, the world opens up and you become unstoppable.
Marcia Philbin