Carina Vassilieva

Carina Vassilieva is the Chief Human Resources Officer at Apotex, responsible for our talent, total rewards, employer branding, and diversity, equity, and inclusion functions. She brings more than 25 years of global strategic leadership experience in public and private sectors.

Most recently, Carina held the role of the Global Chief Human Resources Officer at Mundipharma, a pharmaceutical company that has a presence in more than 100 countries based in Cambridge, United Kingdom. Prior to Mundipharma, Carina worked at Korn Ferry Hay Group where she was an Associate Client Partner, Executive Compensation and Total Rewards. Prior to this, she was the Senior Director, Organizational Effectiveness at Sofina Foods Inc. and Vice President, Human Resources at Rexall Pharmacy Group, a national chain of retail pharmacies in Canada.

Carina is certified in HR & Compensation Committee (HRCC) Effectiveness by Institute of Corporate Directors (ICD). She was Chair of the Board of Directors York Region Housing Help Centre & ID Clinic, a member of the Human Resources Professionals Association (HRPA), a member of WorldAtWork, formerly the American and Canadian Compensation Association, a member of The Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), and a member of the International Coaching Federation (ICF).

Carina holds an MBA from California Coast University, Santa Clara, US and a BSc degree in Engineering from the State University of Printing Arts, Moscow, Russia. She is a Certified Executive Coach, Certified Compensation Professional, and Certified Global Remuneration Professional.