People
Under the leadership of Dr. Daniel Vasella, the Novartis Executive Committee (ECN) is responsible for overseeing the business operations of Group companies. The ECN, whose members are chosen by the Board of Directors, consists of these senior executives:
Executive Committee
Daniel Vasella, M.D.
Chairman and CEO
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Raymund Breu, Ph.D.
Chief Financial Officer
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Juergen Brokatzky-Geiger, Ph.D.
Head of Human Resources
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Mark C. Fishman, M.D.
President of the Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research (NIBR)
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Joseph Jimenez
CEO Pharmaceuticals
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Joerg Reinhardt, Ph.D.
Chief Operating Officer
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Andreas Rummelt, Ph.D.
Group Head of Quality Assurance and Technical Operations
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Thomas Wellauer, Ph.D.
Head of Corporate Affairs
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Thomas Werlen, Ph.D.
General Counsel
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Permanent Attendee of the Executive Committee
David Epstein
President and CEO Oncology and Molecular Diagnostics
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Jeffrey George
CEO Sandoz
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George Gunn, MRCVS
CEO Consumer Health
President and CEO Animal Health
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Andrin Oswald, M.D.
CEO Vaccines and Diagnostics
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Jonathan Symonds
Deputy Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and
CFO designate of Novartis AG
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Other members of Senior Management
Paul Herrling, Ph.D.
Head of Corporate Research
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Bruno Heynen
Secretary to the Executive Committee
Sheldon Jones
Head of Corporate Communications
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Monika Matti
Corporate Secretary
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Leon V. Schumacher
Chief Information Officer
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Our businesses
We offer a wide range of healthcare products in pharmaceuticals, vaccines and diagnostics, generics and consumer health.
Corporate governance
We are fully committed to good corporate governance.
Corporate structure
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