Changes in UCB's Executive Committee

04-Mar-2008

UCB announced the appointment of Iris Löw-Friedrich, Executive Vice President, Development and Chief Medical Officer and Fabrice Enderlin, Executive Vice President, Corporate Human Resources as new members of UCB's Executive Committee with effect from March 1, 2008. Fabrice Enderlin is taking over the position from Jean-Pierre Pradier, who has announced he will be retiring on April 30, 2008.

Jean-Pierre Pradier joined UCB in 1997, at a time when UCB was expanding all over the world and need a globalised HR force. In January 2005, he was appointed member of the Executive Committee.

Fabrice Enderlin joined UCB in January 2008. Fabrice started his career during his study of Political Sciences at McDonald's and worked in the steel industry for Arcelor while completing his Master Degree in Human Resources. He joined the Pharma industry, first with Ciba, then Novartis as Vice President HR Pharma France. He joined GSK at the time of the merger, initially as Vice President HR France. From 2003 until end of 2007, Fabrice served as the Vice President HR with GSK Biologicals, the vaccines division of GSK, located in Belgium.

Prof. Dr. Iris Löw-Friedrich has been UCB's Senior Vice President, Development since September 1, 2007. In August 2001 Iris became a member of the SCHWARZ PHARMA AG Executive Board with responsibility for Research & Development. She has been a clinical professor for internal medicine at the University of Frankfurt am Main/Germany since 2000. Iris has significant experience and expertise in worldwide drug development within the Pharmaceutical industry.

She held senior positions at Hoechst AG with global responsibility for clinical development programs in rheumatology, immunology and bone diseases as well as at BASF Pharma with responsibility for all pharma projects.

As of March 2008, UCB's Executive Committee, chaired by Roch Doliveux, Chief Executive Officer, has the following members, all of whom are Executive Vice Presidents: Fabrice Enderlin, Melanie Lee, Iris Löw-Friedrich, Jean-Pierre Pradier (until April 30, 2008), Bill Robinson, Detlef Thielgen and Bob Trainor.

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