Christina da Cunha 
Head of CMO Operations and Business Transformation, External Manufacturing & Supply 
Sanofi 

Christina da Cunha is Head of CMO Operations and Business Transformation, External Manufacturing & Supply, Sanofi, where she leads the development of the company’s global CMO network strategy to ensure the right strategic footprint, supplier capabilities, and long-term value creation for Sanofi. She also oversees governance and performance management of Sanofi’s global CMO network, strengthens high-value supplier partnerships, and steers cross-functional transformation to harmonize ways of working across the organization. She also designs and manages the organization’s transformation roadmap and associated change-management strategy.  

Previously, she played a central role in shaping Sanofi’s and later EUROAPI’s global active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) business, progressing from Director of the Synthesis Business Unit to Head of Commercial Operations for Sanofi’s entire API portfolio, and ultimately serving as Chief Commercial Officer of EUROAPI. Overall, she has over 30 years of experience spanning sterile manufacturing operations, API commercial leadership, and global external manufacturing strategy.