Legal manager CARICAM | GlaxoSmithKline (GSK)
Jacobo Alter
Legal manager CARICAM | GlaxoSmithKline (GSK)
Director, corporate counsel | Edwards LifeSciences
Jacobo Alter joined British pharmaceutical and science-led global healthcare company GSK in November 2014, overseeing the Caribbean and Central America regions. Over the last few years GSK has driven its Latin American growth strategy with a number of acquisitions, a key group of emerging markets for GSK. Alter has worked on transactions specifically in the Costa Rican area, with a focus on the business expansion in the region. Prior to this role, between June 2005 and November 2014, he served as an associate lawyer for Central America based law firm, BLP Abogados. He also served as a consultant at Inter-American Development Bank from
2004-2005.