Merck Appoints Frederic Wohlwend as CIO
Wohlwend, 45, has been Senior Vice President Information Services for Merck’s Chemicals business sector, which includes the Performance Materials and Merck Millipore divisions, since October 2010. During the previous three years, he served as Senior Vice President Information Services for Merck’s Pharmaceuticals business sector, which includes the Merck Serono and Consumer Health Care divisions. He was highly involved in the IT integration activities following the acquisitions of Serono in 2007 as well as Millipore in 2010.
Wohlwend joined Merck in 2007 with the acquisition of the Swiss biotech pharmaceutical company Serono SA. He joined Serono in 1991 and held positions of increasing responsibility, lastly as CIO. He has a degree in Business Administration from HEC University in Geneva.
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