お知らせ • Mar 18
Aptargroup, Inc. Announces Management Changes
AptarGroup, Inc. announced that Gael Touya, a seasoned global executive with more than 30 years of experience at the company, most recently as Aptar Pharma President, has been appointed President, effective September 1, 2026. He will succeed Stephan B. Tanda, who has served as President and Chief Executive Officer since 2017. Stephan is expected to continue to work closely with Gael and the Board as an advisor through the end of the year to help ensure a seamless transition as the company enters its next phase of growth. Stephan intends to retire from Aptar’s Board by the end of 2026 and the Board will appoint Gael as a director on September 1, 2026. With over three decades at Aptar across Europe, Asia, and North America, Gael brings deep commercial, operational, and technical expertise, paired with a global mindset and a strong track record of results. Since 2018, Gael has served as President of Aptar Pharma and has guided the segment’s transformation into a more comprehensive, science-driven, and digitally enabled partner to many of the world’s leading pharmaceutical companies. Under his leadership, the segment has expanded significantly, achieving approximately 82% topline growth during this period. He led the expansion of the segment’s technologies and services to create an integrated, end-to-end model designed to help customers move from early formulation through clinical development and commercialization with greater efficiency. This approach combined well targeted and executed acquisitions with strategic organic development and focused innovation. He worked to strengthen Aptar Pharma’s offering by adding regulatory expertise, clinical development support, patient onboarding and digital health capabilities intended to improve adherence. During his tenure, the segment also expanded respiratory and nasal drug delivery beyond traditional local treatments into systemic applications for therapeutic areas such as depression, seizures and migraines, and advanced nasal delivery technologies from small-molecule use cases into larger and more complex molecules, including biologics. Gael also brings a deep understanding of Aptar’s broad portfolio, having previously served as President of Aptar Food + Beverage (now Aptar Closures), President of Food + Beverage Europe, Vice President of Business Development for Skincare and Color Cosmetics (now part of Aptar Beauty), and leadership assignments in India where he helped establish Aptar’s pharmaceutical office and business. He also held full P&L responsibility in China and Japan, where he led the expansion of Aptar’s presence in key high-growth markets. Known for his people-centered leadership, Gael is deeply committed to talent development, sustainability and fostering a culture of innovation across regions and teams. Gael holds a degree in business and international management from Excelia Business School in France, an MBA from ESSEC Business School in France, and has completed multiple executive leadership programs, including the Harvard Business School Advanced Management Program. His leadership philosophy is grounded in curiosity, collaboration and creating lasting impact for patients, consumers and customers worldwide. Aptar also recognizes the outstanding leadership of Stephan Tanda, whose tenure as CEO since 2017 has been defined by performance, purpose, and global expansion, both organically and some 20 bolt on acquisitions and investments, with the majority being in Pharma, including the acquisition of the Active Material Science business in 2018. Stephan also accelerated Aptar’s global footprint in high-growth regions across Asia, Latin America, Africa and the Middle East; advanced operational excellence and cost discipline; and cemented Aptar’s leadership in sustainability, receiving more than 95% of global electricity consumption from renewable sources, expanding recycled content, advancing circularity initiatives and earning recognition from TIME, CDP and Barron’s. Perhaps most importantly, Stephan championed Aptar’s culture - reinforcing inclusion, leadership development, community impact, and the company’s enduring commitment to safety and purpose.