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 Deputy CEO & Vice Chairman-Executive Board at Merck KGaA, Member-Executive Board at E. Merck KG and President-Commercial Operations at Sanofi Aventis AB.

In the past she was Senior Vice President-Pharmaceutical Operations at Sanofi Director-Oncology Business Unit at Rhone-Poulenc SA and President-Commercial Operations at Sanofi España SA (both are subsidiaries of Sanofi), General Manager of Aventis Pharma Espana FP, 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.