Carmen Araujo MBA Takeda

Carmen Araujo - SVP, Head of Global Quality Audit and Supplier Quality Management at Takeda since July 2024 and has held different roles of increasing responsibilities in the company since she joined in 2018. Carmen has over 35 years of extensive experience in developing and driving Quality and GMP compliance improvements across different regions and multicultural teams while building an efficiency-driven operation during her career that includes multiple Quality and EH&S roles of increasing responsibility in industry. Carmen has led Quality teams supporting the Takeda API, biologics, small molecules and plasma products manufactured at Japan, Emerging Markets as well as Latin America region. She has also supported the Commercial Quality activity in Latin American countries, ensuring products and operations remain in compliance with Takeda Quality and Regulatory requirements. Carmen has led and deployed several digital initiatives and eQMS systems including most recently sponsoring of AI Digital Investigation Assistant, Digital tools for the Auditing function, and Digital Compliance Oversight. Prior to joining Takeda, she has worked at Teva Pharmaceuticals, Merrell Dow and Johnson & Johnson - Ethicon Division. Carmen Holds a BS in Biology from Saint Elizabeth University, NJ and a MBA with a concentration in Management from Universidad Bicentenaria, Venezuela.