Moyra Knight is Vice President of Corporate Communications for Astellas in the Americas and President of the Astellas Global Health Foundation. She is responsible for leading strategy and development of communications for the US, Canada and Latin America, and serves as president of the Astellas Global Health Foundation. She is a member of the company’s Americas Operations leadership team.

Knight oversees a multi-faceted team focused on corporate and employee communications, social and digital media, product and disease awareness initiatives, executive communications, corporate social responsibility, and reputation management to achieve Astellas’ strategic business goals in the Americas.

Knight joined Astellas in 2014 as Senior Director, Corporate and Employee Communications. She has more than 25 years of communications experience in both the health care and consumer industries including Baxter International Inc., Ogilvy Public Relations Worldwide and Kraft Foods, Inc.