Governance Novartis AG

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Pharmaceuticals

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06-19	NOVARTIS AG : Deutsche Bank maintains a Buy rating	ZD
06-19	Swiss trade surplus at CHF 3.831 bln in May	RE

Executive Committee: Novartis AG

Manager

Positions heldSince

Vasant Narasimhan

49 year

Chief Executive Officer

2018-01-31

Kees Roks

62 year

Comptroller/Controller/Auditor

2022-04-30

Shreeram Aradhye

63 year

Chief Tech/Sci/R&D Officer

2022-05-15

Karen Hale

57 year

Compliance Officer	2025-04-13
General Counsel	2021-05-14

Robert Kowalski

57 year

Human Resources Officer

2021-08-31

Charlotte Pamer-Wieser

Corporate Secretary

2011-08-31

Steffen Lang

58 year

Chief Operating Officer

2022-04-03

Harry Werner Kirsch

60 year

Director of Finance/CFO

2013-04-23

Composition of the Board of Directors: Novartis AG

Director

CommitteesSince

Giovanni Caforio

60 year

Compensation Committee
HR Committee
Governance Committee
Nominating Committee

Bridgette Heller

63 year

Compensation Committee Chair	2019-09-12
Audit Committee	2021-06-28
Compensation Committee	2020-02-27
Governance Committee	2021-02-01
Nominating Committee	2021-02-01
Finance Committee

Nancy Andrews

66 year

Governance Committee Chair	2025-05-19
Nominating Committee Chair	2025-05-19
Compensation Committee	2021-01-31

Patrice Bula

69 year

Compensation Committee	2019-02-27
Governance Committee Chair	2019-02-27
Nominating Committee Chair	2019-02-27

Simon Moroney

66 year

Compensation Committee Chair	2020-02-27
Compensation Committee	2021-03-31
Nominating Committee	2021-03-31

Daniel Hochstrasser

65 year

Audit Committee	2022-03-03
Governance Committee	2022-03-03
Nominating Committee	2022-03-03

John Young

61 year

Audit Committee
Governance Committee
Compensation Committee	2025-03-06

Ana de Pro Gonzalo

58 year

Audit Committee	2022-03-03
Compensation Committee	2021-12-03
Audit Committee Chair	2020-05-31

Frans van Houten

65 year

Audit Committee
Governance Committee Chair
Nominating Committee Chair

Liz Doherty

68 year

Audit Committee Chair

2019-05-09

Ton Büchner

60 year

Audit Committee

2018-03-01

Elizabeth McNally

64 year

Director/Board Member

2025-03-06

Latest Appointments: Novartis AG

NextCell Pharma AB Appoints Dr. Angela Vollstedt to Its Board of Advisors	05-28	CI
BioNTech Names Ramon Zapata-Gomez as Chief Financial Officer	05-05	MT
BioNTech Names Novartis Executive as New CFO	05-05	MT
BioNTech says Novartis executive Zapata-Gomez to become CFO	05-05	RE
BioNTech says Novartis executive Zapata-Gomez to become CFO	05-05	RE
Top Midday Stories: Nvidia, Oracle Rush Chip Shipments Ahead of Export Rule; Super Micro Cuts Fiscal Q3 EPS, Net Sales Guidance	04-30	MT
Rocket Pharmaceuticals, Inc Appoints Sarbani Chaudhuri as Chief Commercial & Medical Affairs Officer, Effective from April 7, 2025	04-07	CI

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Former Officers and Directors: Novartis AG

Insider

Positions held

SinceUntil

Srikant T. Madhav Datar

Director/Board Member	2002-12-31	2020-12-31
Independent Dir/Board Member	2002-12-31	2020-12-31

Pierre Landolt

Director/Board Member	2010-01-07	2018-03-01
Independent Dir/Board Member	2010-01-07	2018-03-01
Corporate Officer/Principal	1995-12-31	2010-01-07

Joseph Jimenez

Director/Board Member	2009-11-01	2010-01-07
Chief Executive Officer	2010-01-31	2017-12-31
Corporate Officer/Principal	2010-01-07	2010-01-25

Jürgen Brokatzky-Geiger

Human Resources Officer	2004-12-31	2014-03-05
Corporate Officer/Principal	2014-03-05	2017-09-30

Wendelin Wiedeking

Director/Board Member	2002-12-31	2014-02-24
Independent Dir/Board Member	2002-12-31	2014-02-24
Corporate Officer/Principal	2002-12-31	2010-01-07

Rolf M. Zinkernagel

Director/Board Member	2010-01-07	2014-02-24
Independent Dir/Board Member	1998-12-31	2014-02-24
Corporate Officer/Principal	1998-12-31	2010-01-07

Alexandre F. Jetzer-Chung

Director/Board Member	2010-01-07	2011-02-21
Corporate Officer/Principal	1995-12-31	2010-01-07

Raymund Breu

Director of Finance/CFO

1996-11-30

2008-12-31

Hans Jörg Reinhardt

Chief Operating Officer	2007-12-31	2009-12-31
Corporate Officer/Principal	2005-12-31	2007-12-31
Chairman	2012-12-31	2025-03-06
Independent Dir/Board Member	2012-12-31	2025-03-06

William Brody

Director/Board Member	2009-02-23	-
Independent Dir/Board Member	2011-08-24	-

Urs Bärlocher

General Counsel

1998-12-31

2007-08-30

Thomas Ebeling

Corporate Officer/Principal

1999-12-31

2006-12-31

Karen Hübscher

Public Communications Contact

1999-12-31

2005-12-31

Andreas von Planta

Director/Board Member	2005-12-31	-
Independent Dir/Board Member	2005-12-31	-

Pierre F. Dodion

Sales & Marketing

2001-12-31

2005-12-31

François Martelet

Corporate Officer/Principal

2003-06-30

2005-06-30

Ian Garland

Corporate Officer/Principal

2005-05-31

Joachim P. H. Schupp

Corporate Officer/Principal

1984-12-31

2004-09-30

Ronen Tamir

Investor Relations Contact	2011-10-27	-
Public Communications Contact	2011-10-27	-
Corporate Officer/Principal	2003-12-31	2011-10-27

Marshall E. Reese

Corporate Officer/Principal

1998-12-31

2003-12-31

Mihael Polymeropoulos

Corporate Officer/Principal

1997-12-31

2002-12-31

Gilbert Wenzel

Corporate Officer/Principal

2000-10-31

2002-12-31

Paul Herrling

Chief Tech/Sci/R&D Officer

2002-10-31

Bruce F. Fleming

Corporate Officer/Principal

2001-05-31

2002-05-31

Silke Zentner

Public Communications Contact

2002-04-04

Fredrik Ollila

Corporate Officer/Principal

2001-12-31

Paolo Baroldi

Corporate Officer/Principal

1997-12-31

2001-12-31

James New

Corporate Officer/Principal

1998-12-31

Helmut Sihler

Director/Board Member

1995-12-31

Birgit Breuel

Corporate Officer/Principal

1995-12-31

Norman Hardman

Chief Tech/Sci/R&D Officer

1995-12-31

Peter Burckhardt

Director/Board Member	2009-12-30	-
Corporate Officer/Principal	1995-12-31	2009-12-30

John McKenna

Corporate Officer/Principal

1989-12-31

Ann Bailey

Public Communications Contact

1981-12-31

Gabor Veres

Corporate Officer/Principal

Siv Lindbratt Börjes

Corporate Officer/Principal

Adrian Hunter

Corporate Officer/Principal

MaryAnn DeMarco

Corporate Officer/Principal

David Metzger

Corporate Officer/Principal

Virginia Jamieson

Corporate Officer/Principal

Max Burger

Chairman	2010-04-20	-
President	2009-07-16	2010-04-20

Ian Stuart Charles Talmage

Corporate Officer/Principal

Michael Horne

Corporate Officer/Principal

John McAdoo

Corporate Officer/Principal

Ian Matthews

Corporate Officer/Principal

Geoff MacKay

Corporate Officer/Principal

Jutta Monika Heim

Corporate Officer/Principal

Peter Thomas Sany

Chief Tech/Sci/R&D Officer

William P. Keane

Corporate Officer/Principal

Nagesh Mahanthappa

Corporate Officer/Principal

Ann Moravick

Corporate Officer/Principal

Bobby Singh

Corporate Officer/Principal

Dominique Cheneval

Corporate Officer/Principal

John H. van Duzer

Corporate Officer/Principal

Randall S. Moore

Corporate Officer/Principal

Eric Wayne Evans

Director of Finance/CFO

Christoph Hüls

Corporate Officer/Principal

Ingrid Duplain

Corporate Secretary

Bruno Heynen

Corporate Secretary

Corinne Hoff

Public Communications Contact

Stuart J. Davie

Chief Tech/Sci/R&D Officer

Günter Frankenne

Director/Board Member

Karel Petrak

Corporate Officer/Principal

Peter E. Carlin

Corporate Officer/Principal

Terry Hart

Corporate Officer/Principal

Geert C. Mudde

Corporate Officer/Principal

Phil Johnson

Corporate Officer/Principal

Malcolm B. Cheetham

Comptroller/Controller/Auditor

James Phillips

Corporate Officer/Principal

Maike July-Grolman

Corporate Officer/Principal

Armin M. Kessler

Sales & Marketing

Hans-Georg Capraro

Corporate Officer/Principal

William J. Rutter

Director/Board Member

Gordon Wright

Corporate Officer/Principal

Jeret Bode

Corporate Officer/Principal

Rob Goshert

Corporate Officer/Principal

Jeffrey Hrkach

Corporate Officer/Principal

Peter Herold

Corporate Officer/Principal

Thomas Littke

Corporate Officer/Principal

John Slevin

Corporate Officer/Principal

Cees Winnips

Corporate Officer/Principal

Humphrey Harte

Corporate Officer/Principal

Age distribution of managers

Parity Men Women

Male	20
Female	7

Of which Executive Committee

Male	7
Female	1

Of which Directors

Male	9
Female	3

Revisions

Revenue revisions (1 year)

Revenue revisions (4 months)

Revenue revisions (1 month)

EPS revisions (1 year)

EPS revisions (4 months)

ESG MSCI

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Environment

Social

Governance

Controversy

Ethical controversies

Human rights controversies

Tax subsidies controversies

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Novartis AG is one of the world's leaders in the design, manufacturing, and marketing of pharmaceutical products. Net sales break down by therapeutic area as follows: - oncology (29.3%); - immunology (18.5%); - cardiovascular, renal and metabolic diseases (17%); - neuroscience (9.4%). The remaining net sales (25.8%) are from contract manufacturing of pharmaceutical products. At the end of 2024, Novartis AG had over 30 production sites worldwide. Net sales are distributed geographically as follows: Europe (30.9%), the United States (42%), Asia/Africa/Australasia (20%), Canada and Latin America (7.1%).

Employees

75,883

Sector

Pharmaceuticals

Calendar

07-16 - Q2 2025 Earnings Release

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