DPS Group Announces Helga Salling Traore as New Vice President

Helga Salling Traore, a recognized leader in the life sciences sector in the USA and Europe, has been appointed Vice President of Strategic Consulting USA for DPS Group. In her new role, Helga will be responsible for growing the DPS consulting business and expanding the team in the Americas, reporting directly to Sue Cooke, Managing Director, Global Strategic Consulting.

“I am delighted that somebody with Helga Salling Traore’s capability, experience and track record is joining DPS and I have no doubt Helga will play a major role in the expansion of our consulting business in the US,” said Sue Cook. Helga Salling Traore said after her appointment: “I have been very impressed with the way DPS has grown its business globally in recent years and feel the company ethos and agile and client focused culture is the perfect basis from which to successfully grow this business and offer more extensive support to our life science clients. I am very excited to work with Sue and our team to grow the consulting business.”

Helga joins DPS Group from Advent Engineering where she was Vice President Operations for Eastern Region USA and Canada. Previously she held senior leadership positions with NNE (a subsidiary of Novo Nordisk), Labflex, AKVA Group Denmark and AN Group.

Helga holds a MSc in Engineering and Industrial Management from the University of Aalborg is Denmark with post graduate training in business law, business economics and marketing. A native of Denmark, Helga has lived in the USA for seven years and lives with her family in Cary, North Carolina.