Member of the Board of Directors and member of the Research & Development Committee
Resume
Positions and management duties
Member of the board of directors of ExlService Holdings, Inc., Indigo Agriculture Inc. and EvodiaBio ApS.
Honorary director of the German American Chamber of Commerce.
Former positions
Chair and chief executive officer of International Flavors & Fragrances Inc., 2012-2022.
President and chair of the board of management of Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals, 2008-2014.
Senior vice president of US pharmaceutical operations and president of Latin America, Africa and Middle East at Pfizer Inc., 2006-2008.
Novo Nordisk
Considered independent under the Danish Corporate Governance Recommendations.
Member of the Board of Directors since March 2018. Most recently elected in 2025 for a term of one year.
Member of the Research & Development Committee since 2022.
Special competences
Global corporate leadership.
Healthcare and pharma industry.
Technology, data & digital.
Finance & accounting.
Business development, M&A and external innovation sourcing.
Human capital management.
Environmental, social and governance (ESG).
Education
1982: Degree in Marketing, Berlin School of Economics, Germany.
Nationality and age
German, born 1962. Male.
This year's front cover Novo Nordisk employees Steve Piaget and Marie Ange Gahozo from our site in Kalundborg, Denmark, overseeing an active construction project.