Marcela Kirberger is an impactful and highly effective global leader known for guiding medtech and life sciences companies through complex business expansion strategies and organizational transformations. As Chief Legal Affairs Officer, she leads the legal, government affairs, global security and ESG teams and is responsible for establishing the strategy for these functions as well as managing the company’s global regulatory compliance and commercial legal and intellectual property matters.

Prior to joining Solventum, Marcela was General Counsel and Corporate Secretary at Elanco, responsible for the global strategy and operations of the legal, government affairs, ESG and ERM areas. Her deep healthcare legal experience also includes U.S., regional and global leadership roles with companies such as Novartis, Roche and Danaher. Prior to joining the Novartis companies in 2006, Marcela was a securities litigator at Lowenstein Sandler in New Jersey.

A native of Argentina, Marcela earned her law degrees from Rutgers School of Law in Newark, New Jersey and the Catholic University of Argentina in Buenos Aires and is currently based in the Philadelphia area.