Marion Brooks

Vice President and US Country Head of Diversity & Inclusion at Novartis

Speaker

Marion E. Brooks is the Vice President and US Country Head of Diversity & Inclusion at Novartis Pharmaceutical. He is also an internationally certified executive coach, and the best-selling author of What You Don’t Know is Hurting You: 4 Keys to a Phenomenal Career. Marion has over twenty years of experience as an executive in the pharmaceutical industry. He has successfully built and led award winning teams in sales, marketing, training & development, and diversity & inclusion.

As an expert in emotional intelligence and career development, he has consistently been recognized for his outstanding business achievements and has won numerous awards including Director of the Year, Business Leader of the Year, Training Excellence Awards, Worldwide Franchise Award, along with multiple Business Excellence Awards. Marion was recently recognized as one of the Top 100 Human Resource Professionals in the world. He holds a BA in Marketing, and an MBA in Management.

Marion is also the founder of an executive coaching firm based in Los Angeles, which trains corporate leaders, entrepreneurs, executives, managers, and sales professionals in how to accelerate their careers.

Marion dedicates his free time to many charitable causes and serves as Chairman of the Board for Sunshine’s Open Door Foundation, which helps prepare and support foster children to successfully transition from the foster care system to independence.