Severin Schwan (born November 17, 1967) is the CEO of the

Roche F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG, commonly known as Roche, is a Swiss multinational healthcare company that operates worldwide under two divisions: Pharmaceuticals and Diagnostics. Its holding company, Roche Holding AG, has shares listed on the SIX ...

group. He joined in 1993 as a trainee and has stayed with the company ever since.

Early life and career

He served on the board at

Chugai Pharmaceutical Co is a drug manufacturer operating in Japan. It is a subsidiary controlled by Hoffmann-La Roche, which owns 62% of the company as of 30 June 2014. The company is headquartered in Tokyo. Osamu Nagayama is the current representative director and ...

., Ltd. and is the Vice-President of the

International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers & Associations The International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers & Associations (IFPMA) is a trade association that represents leading innovative pharmaceutical companies at the international level and in official relations with the United Nations. I ...

(IFPMA) and a member of International Business Leaders Advisory Council for the Mayor of Shanghai. He is also on the Board of Directors at Credit Suisse (Schweiz) AG. Schwan holds Degrees in Economics from

University of Innsbruck The University of Innsbruck (german: Leopold-Franzens-Universität Innsbruck; la, Universitas Leopoldino Franciscea) is a public research university in Innsbruck, the capital of the Austrian federal state of Tyrol, founded on October 15, 1669. ...

, University of York and

University of Oxford , mottoeng = The Lord is my light , established = , endowment = £6.1 billion (including colleges) (2019) , budget = £2.145 billion (2019–20) , chancellor ...

Mag. rer.soc.oec. (Innsbruck, 1991) and Law from University of Innsbruck Mag. iur. (Innsbruck, 1991) and Doctorate in Law from University of Innsbruck Research studies at University Louvain, Belgium Dr. iur. (Innsbruck, 1993). He is of Austrian nationality.

References

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