Belén Garijo López is on the board of Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA, L'Oréal SA, L'Oréal USA, Inc. and Pharmaceutical Research & Manufacturers of America and Member-Executive Board at E. Merck KG, President-Commercial Operations at Sanofi Aventis AB and Chief Executive Officer-Healthcare at Merck KGaA.

She previously held the position of General Manager of Aventis Pharma Espana FP, Director-Oncology Business Unit at Rhone Poulenc SA, Senior Vice President-Pharmaceutical Operations at Sanofi and President-Commercial Operations at Sanofi España SA (a subsidiary of Sanofi), President & Chief Executive Officer of Merck Serono SA and Director-International Medical Affairs at Abbott Laboratories SA.

Dr. Garijo López received a doctorate from Universida de Alcalá de Henares and a graduate degree from Ashridge Business School.