Vitor Papao

General Manager Middle East, Turkey and Russia

Vitor Papao is General Manager for the Middle East, Turkiye and Russia at Gilead Sciences, having been appointed General Manager for the Middle East and Russia cluster in 2023 after sixteen years with the company. He joined Gilead in 2007 as Sales Director in Portugal, going on to become Business Unit Director for HIV in 2008 and Commercial Lead for various therapy areas across the United Kingdom, Europe, the Middle East and Africa between 2012 and 2015, before being appointed General Manager of Gilead Portugal in March 2015. Before Gilead he began his career as a Sales Representative at Bristol-Myers Squibb from 1998 to 2000, and later held leadership roles at Merck Sharp & Dohme from 2004 to 2007, including Product and Sales Manager for Oncology. Based in Dubai, his specialties include global marketing, sales and marketing operations, and people management.