105Alumni / Leadership2026-09-16

An Arts degree, a global brief

Brigitte Nolet brings a Waterloo education to the question of who can access medicines.

Reported by Elizabeth Rogers, Faculty of Arts

AlumniBrigitte Nolet and colleagues at an outdoor company event.Photo: Source: University of Waterloo; see original article for photo credits.

Brigitte Nolet (BA ’98) has become Head of Global Access for Roche’s Pharmaceuticals Division. The role expands a career that began with co-op placements at Health Canada and later included leading Roche Canada.

Her account makes a practical case for an Arts education: interpreting complex information, understanding government and communicating decisions. Those skills developed across work terms as well as the classroom. For alumni considering a change of field, her path shows how experience can travel across sectors.

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Original reporting · uwaterloo.ca

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