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How Formula 1 engineers turbocharged a $200b public company

Australian CEOs are often shy to talk about how and when they use external consultants. The boss of this big French company, which plays an important role in Australia’s health system, isn’t.

Jan 8, 2025 – 6.31pm

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Got a business productivity problem? Call in the consultants to speed up the production line: it’s the CEOs’ old fix to an old problem.

Sanofi chief executive Paul Hudson, the boss of a $200 billion pharma giant whose vaccines are in 95 per cent of Australian kids, had a productivity problem.

Anthony Macdonald is a Chanticleer columnist. He is a former Street Talk co-editor and has 10 years' experience as a business journalist and worked at PwC, auditing and advising financial services companies.