Denise Brashear joined Incyte in 2022 as Vice President and Head, Global Communications with more than 25 years of global and U.S. healthcare experience. Her expertise spans strategic enterprise and brand communications, culture transformation and employee engagement, corporate reputation and issues management, executive communications, change management and patient advocacy.

Ms. Brashear joined Incyte from Novartis Oncology, where she was Vice President, Head of U.S. Communications and Global Portfolio Communications, leading external communications for the organization’s full portfolio of marketed and pipeline products and delivering enterprise communications for the U.S. business. In her 20-year tenure at Novartis, she held roles of increasing responsibility across the Pharma and Oncology divisions, leading teams focused on making an impact for patients, associates and the organization. Before joining Novartis, Ms. Brashear spent six years in New York-based public relations agencies, most recently as Group Vice President at GCI, where she worked across disease areas including infectious disease, dermatology and women’s health.