Helga Salling Traore, a leading player in the life sciences sector in the United States and Europe, has been appointed vice-president of Strategic Consulting USA for DPS Group.
In her new role, Salling Traore will be responsible for growing the DPS consulting business and expanding the team in the Americas, reporting directly to Sue Cooke, managing director, Global Strategic Consulting.
“I am delighted that somebody with Helga Salling Traore’s capability, experience and track record is joining DPS and I have no doubt Helga will play a major role in the expansion of our consulting business in the US," said Cooke.
Grown business globally
“I have been very impressed with the way DPS has grown its business globally in recent years and feel the company ethos and agile and client-focused culture is the perfect basis from which to successfully grow this business and offer more extensive support to our life science clients," said Salling Traore. "I am very excited to work with Sue and our team to grow the consulting business.”
She joins DPS Group from
Advent Engineering where she was vice-president of operations for Eastern Region USA and Canada. Previously she held senior leadership positions with NNE (a subsidiary of Novo Nordisk), Labflex, AKVA Group Denmark and AN Group.
Salling Traore holds an MSc in Engineering and Industrial Management from the University of Aalborg.