Combining Powers: Q&A With GSK Consumer Healthcare s Bjarne Tellmann
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Bjarne Tellmann is senior vice president and general counsel at GSK Consumer Healthcare, a joint venture that combines the consumer brands of GSK and Pfizer. He speaks to
Global Finance about the intersectionality of his work.
April 02, 2021
Global Finance: In your last job, as chief legal officer at Pearson, you cut fixed legal costs by more than 40%. How?
Bjarne Tellmann: The first variable is taking a careful look at your internal-to-external spend ratio. Benchmarking across a large number of companies, I found external spend should be about 40% of the total, somewhat higher in a highly regulated environment.