Board of Directors
at 31 December
Louis Schweitzer (67)
Non-Executive Chairman, Chairman of the Nomination and Governance Committee and Remuneration Committee Member
Appointed as a Director 11 March 2004 and as Chairman 1 January 2005. Non-Executive Chairman of Renault SA 2005-2009. Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Renault SA 1992-2005. Non-Executive Director of BNP-Paribas, Veolia Environnement SA (senior Non-Executive Director) and L'Oréal SA. Non-Executive Chairman of Volvo AB and Journal Le Monde SA.
David Brennan (56)
Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer
Appointed as a Director 14 March 2005 and as CEO 1 January 2006. Chairman of the Executive Board of the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA). Vice-President of the International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers and Associations (IFPMA). Board Member of the European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations (EFPIA). Commissioner of the UK Commission for Employment and Skills (UKCES). Chairman of the Board of the Southeastern Pennsylvania Chapter of the American Heart Association 2004-2006.
Simon Lowth (48)
Executive Director and Chief Financial Officer
Appointed as a Director and as CFO 5 November 2007. Director of Finance and Strategy, Scottish Power plc (ScottishPower) 2005-2007 and Executive Director, Corporate Strategy and Development, ScottishPower 2003-2005. Director - Head of UK Industrial Practice, McKinsey & Company 2000-2003. Effective from 1 May 2010, Non-Executive Director of Standard Chartered PLC.
Michele Hooper (58)
Senior independent Non-Executive Director, Audit Committee Member and Nomination and Governance Committee Member
Appointed as a Director 1 July 2003 and as senior independent Non-Executive Director 26 April 2007. President and Chief Executive Officer, Directors' Council. President and Chief Executive Officer, Stadtlander Drug Company 1998-1999. Corporate Vice-President and President, International Businesses of Caremark International Inc. 1992-1998. Non-Executive Director of UnitedHealth Group Inc, PPG Industries, Inc. and Warner Music Group, Inc.
Bo Angelin (60)
Non-Executive Director and Science Committee Member
Appointed as a Director 24 July 2007. Professor of Clinical Metabolism at Karolinska Institutet and Head of the Department of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Diabetes at the Karolinska University Hospital in Stockholm, Sweden. Member of the Nobel Assembly and of the Swedish Royal Academy of Sciences. Member of the Medical Nobel Institute. Prior appointments include Chairman of the Nobel Committee for Physiology and Medicine.
John Buchanan (66)
Non-Executive Director, Chairman of the Audit Committee and Remuneration Committee Member
Appointed as a Director 25 April 2002. Executive Director and Group Chief Financial Officer of BP p.l.c. 1996-2002. Member of the UK Accounting Standards Board 1997-2001. Senior Independent Director of BHP Billiton Plc. Senior Independent Director and Deputy Chairman of Vodafone Group Plc. Chairman of Smith & Nephew plc. Chairman of International Chamber of Commerce (UK). Member of the Advisory Board of Ondra Bank.
Jean-Philippe Courtois (49)
Non-Executive Director and Audit Committee Member
Appointed as a Director 18 February 2008. President, Microsoft International and Senior Vice-President, Microsoft Corporation. CEO Microsoft EMEA 2003-2005. President Microsoft EMEA 2000-2003. Corporate Vice-President, Microsoft Worldwide Customer Marketing 1998-2000. Administrator for PlaNet Finance and representative at the Institut Montaigne.
Jane Henney (62)
Non-Executive Director, Audit Committee Member, Nomination and Governance Committee Member and Science Committee Member
Appointed as a Director 24 September 2001. Currently Professor of Medicine, University of Cincinnati. Prior appointments include: Senior Vice-President and Provost for Health Affairs, University of Cincinnati Academic Health Center; Commissioner of Food and Drugs, FDA; Vice-President for Health Sciences, University of New Mexico; Deputy Commissioner for Operations, FDA; Vice-Chancellor for Health Programs and Policy, University of Kansas; Deputy Director, US National Cancer Institute. Non-Executive Director of AmerisourceBergen Corporation and CIGNA Corporation. Other board appointments include The Commonwealth Fund and China Medical Board.
Rudy Markham (63)
Non-Executive Director and Audit Committee Member
Appointed as a Director 12 September 2008. Chairman and Non-Executive Director of Moorfields Eye Hospital Foundation Trust. Non-Executive Director of United Parcel Services Inc., Financial Reporting Council, Standard Chartered PLC and Legal & General plc. Non-Executive member of the Board of the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants and Fellow of the Association of Corporate Treasurers.
Dame Nancy Rothwell (54)
Non-Executive Director, Chairman of the Science Committee and Remuneration Committee Member
Appointed as a Director 27 April 2006. Also has responsibility for overseeing Corporate Responsibility. MRC Research Professor and Deputy President and Deputy Vice-Chancellor at the University of Manchester. Vice-President and Council member of the Royal Society; President of the Society of Biology. Prior appointments include: Trustee of Cancer Research UK and the Campaign for Medical Progress; Chair of the Research Defence Society; Chair of the Wellcome Trust Public Engagement Strategy Panel; President of the British Neuroscience Association; and Council member of the Medical Research Council and the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council.
John Varley (53)
Non-Executive Director, Chairman of the Remuneration Committee and Nomination and Governance Committee Member
Appointed as a Director 26 July 2006. Executive Director of Barclays Bank plc and Barclays plc since 1998 and Group Chief Executive since 2004. Chairman of Business Action on Homelessness and President of the Employers' Forum on Disability and member of the International Advisory Panel of the Monetary Authority of Singapore. Honorary President of the UK Drug Policy Commission. Treasurer and Trustee of St. Dunstan's and Trustee of Thornton Smith & Plevins Young People's Trust.
Marcus Wallenberg (53)
Non-Executive Director
Appointed as a Director 6 April 1999. Formerly a Director of Astra AB (appointed 18 May 1989). Chairman of Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB, Electrolux AB and Saab AB. Vice-Chairman of Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (publ). Non-Executive Director of Stora Enso Oyj and the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation. Board member of Temasek Holdings (Private) Limited. Honorary Chairman of International Chamber of Commerce.
- Other officers of the Company at 31 December included members of the SET, as set out in the Senior Executive Team at 31 December section and Adrian Kemp, Company Secretary (appointed on 1 January 2009).
