After sales and marketing assignments in Indianapolis, São Paulo, and Paris, he became general manager of the company's affiliate in Brazil in 1981 and was appointed to the London-based position of vice president of Lilly European operations in 1983.
A U.S. citizen since 1995, Sidney received the 2000 Ellis Island Medal of Honor from the National Ethnic Coalition of Organizations.
[3] In 2002, was named by U.S. President George W. Bush as a Homeland Security Advisory Council member.
[5] In April 2007, he was appointed to the Advisory Committee for Trade Policy and Negotiations by President Bush.
He is also a member of the board of overseers of Columbia Business School and a trustee at Indianapolis Museum of Art.
In October 2015, Taurel was appointed as chairman of Pearson plc, the British multinational publishing and education company headquartered in London.