Novartis Foundation confirms new members of its Board of trustees, including new Chairman Dr. Joerg Reinhardt
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Dr. Joerg Reinhardt, Chairman of the Novartis Board of Directors, will serve as Chairman of the Foundation Board of trustees
Basel, July 27, 2015 - The Novartis Foundation announces four new members of its Board of trustees, including Dr. Joerg Reinhardt, who succeeds Dr. Andrin Oswald as Chairman of the Novartis Foundation. Prof. Peter Piot of the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine and Dr. Rebecca Weintraub of Harvard Medical School join the board along with Mr. Rainer Boehm from Novartis Pharmaceuticals.
Mr. Juergen Brokatzky-Geiger, Global Head of Corporate Responsibility for Novartis, and Dr. Ann Aerts, Head of the Novartis Foundation, will remain on the Novartis Foundation Board. Previous Board members Mr. George Gunn and Prof. Dr. Jean-Marie Lehn stepped down in the past year.
"The Novartis Foundation has been committed to improving healthcare for the poorest populations for more than 35 years," said Dr. Joerg Reinhardt, Chairman of the Novartis Board of Directors. "I am happy to contribute to the continuation of this important work and to welcome two external board members who bring a wealth of experience and expertise in Global Health as well as a fresh perspective on the Novartis Foundation."
Rebecca Weintraub, MD, is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, an Associate Physician in the Division of Global Health Equity at Brigham and Women's Hospital and Faculty Director of the Global Health Delivery Project at Harvard University. Peter Piot, MD, PhD, is currently the Director of the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine. Formerly, he was the founding Executive Director of UNAIDS and he is the co-discoverer of the Ebola virus.