Evolva announces Board nominations

06-May-2010 - Switzerland

Evolva Holding SA announced the nomination of Sir Tom McKillop, Claus Braestrup and Nicole Dubois for election to its Board of Directors. The three candidates will be proposed for election in the Annual General Meeting (AGM), to be held on 10 June 2010.

Tom McKillop was Chief Executive Officer of AstraZeneca plc from the company’s inception in April 1999 until his retirement in December 2005. Prior to that he was CEO of Zeneca Pharmaceuticals and he has more than 35 years of experience from management positions in the pharmaceutical industry. He was knighted in 2002 for services to the pharmaceutical industry.

Claus Braestrup was President and CEO of H. Lundbeck A/S from 2003 until 2008. Prior to joining Lundbeck as Head of Research & Development, Dr Braestrup held senior executive positions at Schering AG and Novo Nordisk.

Nicole Dubois is a strategy and management consultant to major European and US corporations, in particular in the healthcare sector. She has at different times worked for BCG, in partnership with the Monitor Group, and independently. Key assignments have included areas such as mergers and acquisitions, transformational projects and leadership development. During her career, she consulted to organisations such as Roche, GE, BP, Aventis, Novartis and Save the Children.

Neil Goldsmith, CEO and Managing Director of Evolva commented “I am delighted that we’ve been able to attract individuals with such strong track records to our Board of Directors. Based on the expertise of the candidates, I’m convinced that they will make significant contributions to Evolva’s progress and look forward to working with them on our Board. These nominations form an important step in the transition of our Board, which should be completed in 2011.”

As announced at the Extraordinary General Meeting in November 2009, the current term for all members of the Board of Directors expires at the upcoming AGM. Two Board members, André Lamotte and Jacques Mallet, have announced that they will not stand for re-election at the AGM. The other five existing members of the board will stand for re-election. In addition to the five current members, the Board of Directors proposes that shareholders elect Tom McKillop, Claus Braestrup and Nicole Dubois.

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