AstraZeneca announces several non-executive moves

pharmafile | March 1, 2012 | Appointment | Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing AstraZeneca, appointments 

AstraZeneca has announced that Leif Johansson is set to be elected as a non-executive director in April, with the intention that he will be appointed non-executive chairman of the board with effect from September.

Louis Schweitzer intends to retire from the board as chairman and as a director.

In addition, Graham Chipchase and Geneviève Berger will be proposed to shareholders for election as non-executive directors in April.

Michele Hooper intends to retire from the board in the same month after nine years’ service as a non-executive director. She is currently senior independent non-executive director, chairman of the audit committee and a member of the nomination and governance committee.

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Also John Varley will take over as senior independent non-executive director. He will remain chairman of the remuneration committee and a member of the nomination and governance committee.

Rudy Markham will become chairman of the audit committee and will join the nomination and governance committee, remaining as a member of the remuneration committee.

Also in April Johansson will join the nomination and governance committee; Chipchase will join the audit committee; and Berger will become a member of the science committee.

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