Sandoz Management Team

Jeff George

Head of Sandoz

Jeff George,Head of Sandoz

Jeff George assumed the position of Head of Sandoz in December 2008. Previously, he was Head of Asia, Middle East, Africa and CIS for Novartis Pharma, a position he took on in April 2008. In this role, he was responsible for leading teams and driving business growth in over 65 emerging markets.
Jeff joined Novartis Vaccines in January 2007 as Head of Commercial Operations for Western and Eastern Europe. In this position, he was responsible for managing and building the Novartis vaccines business across more than 25 European countries.
Prior to joining Novartis, Jeff was Senior Director of Strategic Planning and Business Development for a division of Gap Inc., the global clothing retailer. Before this, he was an Engagement Manager at McKinsey & Company and worked in emerging markets private equity in South Africa and the US.
Jeff, who is a US national, holds an MBA from Harvard University and a Masters from Johns Hopkins University's School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), where he focused on international economics and emerging markets political economy. He also holds a BA in international relations from Carleton College in the US.

Christina Ackermann

Global Head Legal and General Counsel, Sandoz

 

Mohsen Eghbal

Head Quality Assurance

 

Roger Bassoul

Head Commercial Operations Middle East, Turkey and Africa

 

Hans-Helmut Fabry

Head Sandoz Germany

 

Oscar Ferenczi

Head Commercial Operations Latin America

 

Cesare Frontini

Head Global Technical Operations Sandoz

 

Peter Goldschmidt

Head Commercial Operations Central and Eastern Europe

 

Horst-Uwe Groh

Head Global Human Resources

 

Nick Haggar

Head Commercial Operations Western Europe

 

Friedrich Hillebrand

Head Global Oncology Injectables Business Unit

 

Ameet Mallik

Head Biopharmaceuticals

 

Ernst Meijnders

Head Anti-Infectives

 

Don DeGolyer

President Sandoz US Inc.,
Head Commercial Operations North America

 

Kevin Plummer

Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Sandoz

 

Nathalie Ponnier

Head Global Communications

 

John Rooney

Head Commercial Operations Asia-Pacific a.i.

 

Gerhard Schaefer

Head Global Product Development

 

Gunter Trojandt

Head Global Strategic Planning / M&A