Management

Dr Roch Doliveux

Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Executive Committee

Appointed in January 2005. Previously Director-General of UCB's Pharma Sector; CEO of Pierre Fabre Pharmaceuticals; President of Schering-Plough International, plus other posts with this company in the US, France and Belgium. Started at Ciba-Geigy (now Novartis), working in Switzerland, Peru and France. He is a member of the Board of Directors of UCB, and also a member of the Board of the European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries & Associations (EFPIA). 

Detlef Thielgen

Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

Appointed in January 2007. Previously CFO of Schwarz Pharma AG, Managing Director of Schwarz Pharma Operations covering the worldwide manufacturing and supply chain functions and Vice-President Finance & Administration/CFO at Schwarz Pharma Inc/USA.

Dr Melanie Lee

Executive Vice President, Research

Appointed in July 2004. Previously Executive R&D Director at Celltech and Research Unit Head at Glaxo Welcome (now GSK). Also chairs Cancer Research Technology, the technology transfer subsidiary of Cancer Research UK (CRUK) and is a CRUK Trustee. Elected fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences (U.K. - 2003) and awarded honorary doctorate by University of York (U.K. - 2004).

Iris Löw-Friedrich

Executive Vice President, Development and Chief Medical Officer

Appointed in March 2008.  Previously Head of R&D and member of the Executive Board of Schwarz Pharma AG, after having hold the position of VP Global Projects at BASF Pharma.  Since June 2007, she is also a member of the Supervisory Board of Wilex AG.

Fabrice Enderlin

Executive Vice President, corporate Human Ressources

Appointed in March 2008.  Previously  Vice President Human Resources at GSK Biologicals, and at GSK France, Novartis, and Arcelor/Mittal. Graduated from “Political Sciences Institut” and master degree in HR.

Executive Vice President, CEO Advisor

Appointed in June 1997. Previously Executive Vice President HR for Clintec Inc, a Baxter-Nestlé joint venture company, based in Switzerland, Vice President HR International with Baxter Healthcare, based in the US and Belgium, Vice President HR for Baxter Europe; with previous experience in HR and Finance experience with Eli Lilly in France. Jean-Pierre Pradier will be retiring on 30 April, 2008.

Bill Robinson

Executive Vice President, Global Operations

Appointed in April 2005. Previously 30+ years with Eli Lilly as Vice President, Operational Excellence; Vice President, Sales & Marketing U.S.A. and a number of other marketing and general management roles in Europe, Africa, Asia-Pacific and U.S.A. He is also a member of the Board of Directors of Sciele Pharma, Inc.

Bob Trainor

Executive Vice President and General Counsel

Appointed in October 2004. Previously Vice President, Associate General Counsel of Schering-Plough; Assistant General Counsel of Johnson & Johnson; Attorney with the New York law firm Donovan Leisure Newton & Irvine and started as Counsel of the Committee on the Judiciary at the United States House of Representatives.