Klaus Moosmayer, Ph.D.

Chief Ethics, Risk and Compliance Officer of Novartis

Nationality: German
Year of Birth: 1968

Klaus Moosmayer, Ph.D., has been Chief Ethics, Risk and Compliance Officer of Novartis since December 1, 2018. He is a member of the Executive Committee of Novartis. 

Mr. Moosmayer previously was chief compliance officer of Siemens AG, a position he held since 2014. During his 18-year career at Siemens, Mr. Moosmayer also served as chief counsel compliance, compliance operating officer and corporate legal counsel. Before joining Siemens, he practiced law in Germany, specializing in white-collar crime, litigation and business law.

Mr. Moosmayer received his doctor of jurisprudence from the University of Freiburg in Germany and is internationally recognized in the field of compliance. He is chair of the Anti-Corruption Task Force of the Business and Industry Advisory Committee at the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD); co-founder and chair of the European Chief Compliance and Integrity Officers’ Forum; former co-chair of the B20 Integrity & Compliance Task Force under the G20 presidency of Argentina; and former chair of the task force under the G20 presidency of Germany. Mr. Moosmayer lectures on compliance at the University of St.Gallen in Switzerland.