Pascal Soriot Executive Director, Chief Executive Officer
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Pascal Soriot Executive Director, Chief Executive Officer Pascal joined AstraZeneca as an Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer on 1 October 2012. A French national, Pascal joined AstraZeneca from Roche AG where he served as Chief Operating Officer of the company’s pharmaceuticals division since 2010. Prior to that Pascal was Chief Executive Officer of Genentech, where he was credited with leading the successful merger between the San Francisco- based biologics business and Roche. Pascal joined the pharmaceutical industry in 1986 and has worked in senior management roles in the US, Asia and Europe. Luke Miels Executive Vice President Global Portfolio & Product Strategy (GPPS) Luke started his career in 1995 with AZ in Australia where he was successively a Sales Representative and Product Manager for Plendil and Diprivan. He joined Aventis in late 2000 as Marketing and Strategic Planning Manager in Australia before being appointed Country Manager for New Zealand in 2002 and subsequently Thailand the following year. He then transferred to the USA to lead the Analytics and Commercial Effectiveness function of Aventis US. Following the Sanofi-Aventis merger he led the integration office in the US and was appointed Vice President of Sales for Metabolism at the conclusion of the merger. In 2006 he moved to Basel to join Roche as Head of Metabolism for Global Marketing. Three years later he was appointed to the role of Regional VP Asia Pacific for the Pharmaceuticals Division and joined the Leadership Team of the Pharmaceuticals Division, initially based in Shanghai and more recently in Singapore. Luke is married with three children and has an MBA from the Macquarie University, Sydney and a BSc Biology from Flinders University in Adelaide. Mark Mallon Executive Vice President, International Mark Mallon is responsible for the growth and performance of AstraZeneca’s International region, which predominantly includes AstraZeneca’s commercial businesses in Asia Pacific, Russia, Latin America, the Middle East and Africa. Most recently, Mark served as Regional Vice President for Asia Pacific where he was accountable for the growth and performance of the AstraZeneca business in 14 markets. While in this role Mark has also served as President of AstraZeneca China, responsible for the company’s overall operations in China and Hong Kong. Previously, Mark led the marketing, sales and commercial operations for AstraZeneca K. K. (Japan). Since joining AstraZeneca in 1994, Mark has held a number of additional leadership roles, Including Marketing Company President of the AstraZeneca Italian subsidiary company and Vice President of Marketing and Sales Operations of AstraZeneca’s US business. While in the US, Mark also was a Board Member for the Christiana Care Network, one of the the largest healthcare networks on the East Coast. Mark received a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania and an MBA in Marketing and Finance from the Wharton School of Business. He is based in Shanghai. Dr Zhengbin (Bing) Yao Head of MedImmune Respiratory, Inflammation & Autoimmune (RIA) iMed Dr. Zhengbin (Bing) Yao joined MedImmune in 2010 as Senior Vice President and head of the Respiratory, Inflammation, and Immunology (RIA) Innovative Medicines unit. In this role, he leads a cross-functional team dedicated to the development of therapeutic area strategy and advancement of the company’s RIA biologics portfolio. RIA’s focus is to develop biologics as potentially new and exciting treatments for asthma, COPD, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, systemic lupus erythematosus, rheumatoid arthritis, and other related diseases. Bing has 20 years of experience in the leading biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies. Bing previously led the project team leaders’ group for immunology, central nervous system, virology, and metabolism for Genentech research and early development. Prior to Genentech, he served as Vice President of Research, Acting Head of Clinical, and Corporate Officer for Tanox, and held roles of increasing responsibilities at Aventis, and Amgen. Bing received his doctorate in microbiology and immunology from the University of Iowa and did his post-doctoral research at Immunex. Bing has authored more than 50 peer reviewed publications and holds over 20 patents and patent applications. Elisabeth Björk M.D PhD Vice President, Head CVMD GMed & Mölndal Site Lead Elisabeth is the VP CVMD GMed – the Head of late phase Cardiovascular and Metabolic development unit within AZ. She is leading the development activities across the AZ late phase cardiovascular (mainly Brilinta, Crestor and Epanova), diabetes (mainly Onglyza, Forxiga, Byetta, Bydureon and combinations) and CKD (roxadustat and tenapenaror in development) portfolio. Prior to taking on this role in June 2012, Elisabeth was Global Product VP for dapagliflozin (approved as Forxiga in Europe and many other countries, including Australia, and as Farxiga in the US), and led the development of this first-in-class drug in partnership with Bristol Myers Squibb. She has also been involved in the delivery of key late phase CVMD and GI projects like Crestor, Nexium, Onglyza, Brilinta and others. She led the team that delivered several CV outcomes studies for Crestor (CORONA, JUPITER, AURORA). Elisabeth has a passion for patients and science, with a special focus on CV outcomes trials, as well as for developing people and teams and inspire them to achievements they did not think were possible. Elisabeth herself is on a constant learning curve and enjoys doing things she has never done before. Elisabeth is an endocrinologist by training and an associate professor of medicine at Uppsala University, and was Head of the Diabetes and Endocrinology Unit at the University Hospital, Uppsala, where she spent 15 years in clinical practice and diabetes research, before joining AZ in 2002. Susan Galbraith Head of Innovative Medicines Oncology iMed Susan Galbraith trained as a Clinical Oncologist in the United Kingdom. She studied Medicine at Manchester and Cambridge Universities. She was admitted to Membership of the Royal College of Physicians in 1992, and then trained in Clinical Oncology in London. She gained Fellowship of the Royal College of Radiologists in 1997. She then completed a PhD at the University of London involving translational work on a vascular-targeting agent. Susan joined the Clinical Discovery Oncology group at Bristol-Myers Squibb in 2001. Susan was closely involved in the in-licensing of ipilimumab from Medarex, elotuzumab from PDL, the acquisitions of Adnexus and Medarex and research collaborations with Exelixis. She held increasing levels of responsibility becoming VP for Oncology and Immunology Early Development, and then latterly taking on responsibility for the Clinical Biomarker team. Susan joined AZ in September 2010, as Head of the Oncology iMed responsible for Oncology Discovery and Early Development to Proof of Concept Mohammed M. Dar, M.D. Vice President, Oncology Clinical Development Dr. Dar is the Head of Clinical Development at MedImmune for the Oncology TA. In this role, he is accountable for overseeing the development and execution of all studies involving MedImmune’s clinical stage assets for oncology. Dr. Dar joined MedImmune in January of 2013 in his current role. Prior to joining MedImmune, Dr. Dar spent nearly 10 years at GlaxoSmithKline in roles of increasing responsibility focused on early clinical development in oncology. During this time, Dr. Dar led the early clinical development of numerous small molecule kinase inhibitors and large molecules. This included 10 First Time in Human studies, multiple Phase 2 Proof-of-Concepts studies and a variety of clinical pharmacology studies. He was also involved in the successful NDA submission and approval of Votrient for renal cell carcinoma. Dr. Dar received his Bachelors in Chemistry from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and M.D. from Duke University School of Medicine. He completed his residency in Internal Medicine at Duke University and went on to complete a Fellowship in Hematology and Oncology at the National Institutes of Health. Rachel Humphrey, M.D. Head of Immuno-oncology GMed, AZ Rachel Humphrey, MD, currently heads the late stage Immuno-Oncology department at AZ and is the former Executive VP and Chief Medical Officer for Mirati Therapeutics in San Diego. She may be best known for her work at BMS where she led the clinical development of the CTLA-4 antagonist monoclonal antibody Yervoy, the first immunotherapy to demonstrate survival in patients with metastatic melanoma, including 10-year survival in a subset of patients. As well as supervising a range of alliance and in- licensing projects and new drug filings at BMS, she has also worked in a range of senior clinical development and strategy roles at Bayer Pharmaceuticals, supervising the development of Nexavar, among other anti-cancer agents. Previously, Rachel was a Staff Physician Scientist at the National Cancer Institute where she completed her Clinical Oncology Fellowship. Board Certified in Internal Medicine with a residency at John Hopkins Hospital, she was educated at Harvard and the Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) Medical School in Cleveland. She has authored more than 20 publications, and an extensive number of abstracts. Outside of work, Rachel has produced, directed and performed in community theatre productions and is the lead singer of The Checkpoints, a blues band made up of leaders in