John Dawber

Corporate Vice President & Managing Director, Global Business Services Novo Nordisk

Tuesday, June 10th, 2025

9:00 AM Creating an Award-Winning Culture and Employee Experience at Novo Nordisk GBS

Novo Nordisk GBS aspires to the employer of choice and recognises that employee engagement, people development, and cross-functional collaboration are crucial to creating a best-in-class, high-performance workplace culture. 92% of the GBS’s employees are happy with the leadership, with trust in the leadership’s vision.


John Dawber, Corporate Vice President & Managing Director – Global Business Services, Novo Nordisk, shares more on how he was able to drive a positive employee experience, stakeholder trust, and global process ownership through various initiatives.


• Developing different initiatives to encourage ownership and accountability and foster innovation and creativity

• Bringing attrition down to 6.5% in two years

• Sharing of best practices on how they successfully attracted and retained top talent

• Creating a diverse, inclusive culture where Everybody Matters