About

Since starting his role as group general counsel at Actelion – a leading biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery and development of innovative drugs – Marian has contributed to a number of pivotal legal proceedings and his career has been marked by a continuous acceptance of responsibility. Marian started as the company’s first in-house counsel 15 years ago and then assumed additional responsibility in 2003 as corporate secretary to the board of directors of Actelion and later the compliance sector. When asked what he enjoys most about the role he cites that ‘there have been lots of various fulfilling functions, however I find collaborating with my colleagues in the legal departments and management sector to be a particularly fulfilling part of my role’. In addition, he acted as a lecturer for commercial law for prospective auditors and accountants. Marian is also a well-respected and qualified business mediator, having had completed a secondment to an international law firm based in the UK.