We have a highly experienced Board and Senior Executive Team. The Board sets the Company’s strategy and policies, and monitors progress towards meeting our objectives. This includes regular reviews of financial performance and critical business issues.

The Board

Louis Schweitzer
Non-Executive Chairman
Chairman of the Nomination Committee, member of the Remuneration Committee
Appointed as a Director,
11 March 2004

David Brennan
Executive Director
Chief Executive Officer
Appointed as a Director, 14 March 2005

Simon Lowth
Executive Director
Chief Financial Officer
Director, 5 November 2007

Jane Henney
Non-Executive Director
Member of the Audit Committee, the Nomination Committee and the Science Committee
Appointed as a Director,
24 September 2001

Marcus Wallenberg
Non-Executive Director
Appointed as a Director,
6 April 1999

John Patterson CBE FRCP
Executive Director Development
Member of the Science Committee
Appointed as a Director,
1 January 2005

Håkan Mogren
Non-Executive Deputy Chairman
Member of the Nomination Committee
Appointed as a Director,
6 April 1999

Dame Nancy Rothwell
Non-Executive Director
Chairman of the Science Committee, member of the Remuneration Committee
Appointed as a Director,
27 April 2006

Bo Angelin
Non-Executive Director
Member of the Science Committee
Appointed as a Director,
25 July 2007

Michele Hooper
Senior Non-Executive Director
Member of the Audit Committee, member of the Nomination Committee
Appointed as a Director,
1 July 2003

John Varley
Non-Executive Director
Chairman of the Remuneration Committee, member of the Nomination Committee
Appointed as a Director,
26 July 2006

John Buchanan
Non-Executive Director
Chairman of the Audit Committee, member of the Remuneration Committee
Appointed as a Director,
25 April 2002

Jean-Philippe Courtois
Non-Executive Director
Appointed as a Director, 
18 February 2008