Jean-Pierre Garnier (born 31 October 1947) is a French businessman, and a former chief executive of
GlaxoSmithKline
GSK plc (an acronym from its former name GlaxoSmithKline plc) is a British Multinational corporation, multinational Pharmaceutics, pharmaceutical and biotechnology company with headquarters in London. It was established in 2000 by a Mergers an ...
.
Early life
He was born in
Le Mans
Le Mans (; ) is a Communes of France, city in Northwestern France on the Sarthe (river), Sarthe River where it meets the Huisne. Traditionally the capital of the Provinces of France, province of Maine (province), Maine, it is now the capital of ...
in the
Pays de la Loire
Pays de la Loire (; but can also mean 'Lower Loire') is one of the eighteen administrative regions of France, located on the country's Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic coast. It was created in the 1950s to serve as a zone of influence for its capital an ...
region of western France. He attended
Lycée Kléber in
Strasbourg
Strasbourg ( , ; ; ) is the Prefectures in France, prefecture and largest city of the Grand Est Regions of France, region of Geography of France, eastern France, in the historic region of Alsace. It is the prefecture of the Bas-Rhin Departmen ...
. He did a PhD at the
Louis Pasteur University in Strasbourg.
Career
Schering-Plough
He joined the Belgian subsidiary of
Schering-Plough
Schering-Plough Corporation was an American pharmaceutical company. It was originally the U.S. subsidiary of the German company Schering AG, which was founded in 1851 by Ernst Christian Friedrich Schering. As a result of nationalization, it becam ...
in 1978. From 1989 to 1990 he was the manager of the US pharmaceuticals products division.
SmithKline Beecham
He joined SmithKline Beecham in 1990, becoming chief operating officer in 1995, then chief executive in May 2000.
GSK
In December 2000 he was appointed chief executive of GSK, during his tenure there were a number of
controversies
Controversy (, ) is a state of prolonged public dispute or debate, usually concerning a matter of conflicting opinion or point of view. The word was coined from the Latin '' controversia'', as a composite of ''controversus'' – "turned in an opp ...
, after his retirement in 2008 GSK pleaded guilty to criminal charges
See also
* Sir
Christopher Hogg, chairman of GSK
References
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1947 births
Living people
Businesspeople in the pharmaceutical industry
French chief executives
People from Le Mans
GSK plc people
Knights of the Legion of Honour
Schering-Plough
University of Strasbourg alumni
Honorary Knights Commander of the Order of the British Empire
French expatriates in England