Board of Directors & Management

Elisa Karlson

Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer

Elisa Karlson joined Valeant in March 2008 as Chief Administrative Officer at Valeant Pharmaceuticals International.With over twenty years of Human Resources and IT experience, Ms. Karlson oversees the Company’s Human Resources and Internal Communications.

Prior to joining Valeant, Ms. Karlson spent ten years at McKinsey & Co. as Director of Personnel Management and Finance where she led Staffing and Professional Development, Human Resources, Recruiting, Finance and Accounting, and IT. Earlier in her career, she spent over 15 years in Information Technology where she designed and developed mortgage-backed securities and investment banking applications on Wall Street. Later, she moved into strategic IT consulting at the Information Consulting Group, which became part of McKinsey & Co. At PricewaterhouseCoopers, Ms. Karlson managed the development of large-scale benefits outsourcing services and systems for a service center operation that served over a million participants.

Ms. Karlson holds a B.S. in Biology from Brooklyn College and an MBA in Finance from New York University.