Joseph Jimenez

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Joseph Jimenez
Nationality American
Alma mater Stanford University
University of California, Berkeley[1]
Occupation CEO of Novartis

Joseph Jimenez is the CEO of the Swiss pharmaceutical company Novartis.[2]

Education

Jimenez earned a bachelor's degree from Stanford University in 1982, and an MBA from University of California, Berkeley in 1984.[3]

Career

Early career

Jimenez began his career at Clorox before joining ConAgra Foods.[4] Prior to joining Novartis, he was head of H. J. Heinz Company's North American business from 2002 to 2006. He was also a non-executive director of AstraZeneca from 2002 to 2007, as well as an advisor for the Blackstone Group.[1]

Novartis

Jimenez joined Novartis in 2007 as Division Head of Novartis Pharmaceutical. and was named CEO in 2010[5] by his predecessor and Chairman Daniel Vasella.[6]

Since joining Novartis, Jimenez started applying standard business metrics to pharma cash flow, purchasing and competitive bidding, confident that his experience in consumer goods in order to improve Novartis' operations. His cost-cutting moves, focused mostly on marketing and administration, have come steadily, with more than a billion cut in 2010, and even more than that in 2011. [7]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 http://www.novartisfoundation.org/platform/content/element/4381/bio_jimenez_e_final.pdf
  2. ↑ "Fix the Problem, and Not Just the Symptoms". New York Times. Retrieved 22 May 2013.
  3. ↑ "Joseph Jimenez MBA". Businessweek. Retrieved 22 May 2013.
  4. ↑ "Joseph Jimenez - Forbes". People.forbes.com. 2012-04-18. Retrieved 2012-08-02.
  5. ↑ "Joseph Jimenez - The 25 most influential people in biopharma today". Fierce Biotech. Retrieved 22 May 2013.
  6. ↑ Greil, Anita (2010-01-26). "Vasella’s Impeccable Timing - The Source - WSJ". Blogs.wsj.com. Retrieved 2012-08-02.
  7. ↑ http://www.fiercebiotech.com/special-reports/25-most-influential-people-biopharma-today/joseph-jimenez-25-most-influential-people

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