Curriculum Vitae Joseph Jimenez Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Novartis Joseph Jimenez has been Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Novartis since 2010. Mr. Jimenez is responsible for leading the company’s diversified healthcare portfolio of leading businesses in innovative pharmaceuticals, eye care, generics, vaccines and OTC. Previously, Mr. Jimenez served as Division Head, Novartis Pharmaceuticals. He led the transformation of the pharmaceuticals portfolio to balance mass market and specialty products, and significantly increased the percentage of sales from newly launched products. Mr. Jimenez joined Novartis in 2007 as Division Head, Novartis Consumer Health. Previously, he served as president and CEO of the North America business for the H.J. Heinz Company and as president and CEO of Heinz in Europe from 2002 to 2006. Prior to joining Novartis, he was a nonexecutive director of AstraZeneca PLC, United Kingdom, from 2002 to 2007. He also was an adviser for the private equity organization Blackstone Group in the United States. Mr. Jimenez is a member of the board of directors of ColgatePalmolive Company, New York. He graduated in 1982 with a bachelor’s degree from Stanford University and in 1984 with a Master of Business Administration from the University of California, Berkeley, both in the United States. January 2015 www.novartis.com
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