Moushmi Patel Culver BE, MBA

Moushmi Patel Culver is associate vice president of the corporate strategy office for Merck & Co., has achieved rapid, extraordinary advancement in her career with the pharmaceutical giant, attaining seven promotions in 14 years.

In her current position, she is responsible for development of enterprise level strategy, tracking execution, and creating explicit linkages with current and future business plans of Merck’s Divisions, Franchises and Functions. Working with Merck’s Chief Strategy & Business Development Officer, CFO, and its Executive Committee, she ensures alignment on strategy development, ongoing assessment and implementation, while helping to identify and mitigate financial, scientific, capacity, customer and reputation risks. She also works with the corporate planning team to help ensure alignment between enterprise strategy and business development, mergers and acquisitions and licensing activity.

Previously, Culver served as chief of staff in the Merck Manufacturing Division, in which she managed performance metrics, planning, business communications, project execution and strategic coordination, working directly with the President of the Merck Manufacturing Division. The Division has more than 62 manufacturing and distribution sites with approximately 20,000 employees in more than 25 countries. It supplies Merck products to customers in more than 140 countries.