Ulla Rasmussen on her last day at Merck, donates money collected as a farewell gift to the Merck Foundation.
"It is a noble gesture of Ulla who believes in helping people who are suffering to donate her farewell gift. We are honored and delighted by her donation as the First Donation from a Merck employee to contribute to Merck Foundation's efforts to touch people's lives every day and improve access to equitable and innovative healthcare solutions, Thank you Ulla, and we wish you a restful and fulfilling retirement. May your new journey be filled with joy", said Dr Rasha Kelej, CEO of Merck Foundation.
Farewell words by Lars Erdtmann Customer Excellence | Research and Applied Solutions Commercial – Western Europe Life Science, Merck Team
12 ½ years have passed since Ulla stepped into the Molsheim EBC building as new team member of the North Technical Service Team, supporting customers in the UK, Ireland and the Scandinavian countries. With her language skills in Danish and English together with her strong education in Biology, Ulla worked as an Expert in complex scientific areas as Cellular Biology and Biomarker assays. Always curious to find the right solution for the customer, Ulla quickly became a key member of the team. During her career, Ulla regularly also gave trainings and lectures to help newcomers in the Technical Service Team and to train Sales people.
Ulla is a woman with convictions. She likes contributing to causes such as protecting the Nature and the environment. As often as possible, Ulla takes her bicycle to come to work, to keep herself fit but also to avoid any pollution caused by taking the car.
Another cause where Ulla is highly engaged, is to help people who are suffering.
Since Ulla will soon be retired, we talked about ideas for her farewell gift. By indicating her the Merck Foundation, Ulla sent the following statement to the entire department:
“If anybody has the idea to do a collection then the final amount will be donated to The Merck Foundation: https://evarooms.merckgroup.com/organization/mf/home - We are a healthcare company and there are people who really need a donation far more than I do.”