Jane Griffiths joined the Board of Directors of Galapagos as a Non-Executive Independent Director in July 2025. She brings extensive experience in international corporate leadership and high-technology healthcare businesses, most recently as Global Head of Actelion Ltd (now Johnson & Johnson). Before that, she spent 10 years at Johnson & Johnson where she held several senior executive roles, including Company Group Chair of Janssen EMEA, the company’s research-based pharmaceutical division. She was also Chair of the Johnson & Johnson Corporate Citizenship Trust in EMEA and was a Sponsor of both the Women’s Leadership Initiative and the Global Pharmaceuticals Sustainability Council.
Mrs. Griffiths is the former Chair of both the PhRMA Europe Committee and the Executive Committee of European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations. She has also served as a Non-Executive Director of Johnson Matthey plc and was a member of the Corporate Advisory Board for the UK Government’s ‘Your Life’ campaign, which promotes STEM education.
She currently serves as a Non-Executive Director on the Board of BAE Systems. Mrs. Griffiths is a British citizen.
