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New HR head as Roche makes corporate executive committee changes

pharmafile | January 28, 2016 | Appointment | Medical Communications Roche 

The Board of Directors has appointed Cristina Wilbur to succeed Silvia Ayyoubi as head of group human resources and member of the corporate executive committee.

Silvia Ayyoubi, head of group human resources for Roche and member of the corporate executive committee will retire from her role, which she has held since March 2008, following the Annual General Meeting in March. She joined Roche in 1987 and held several positions of growing responsibility in human resources. 

Roche chairman Christoph Franz says: “I thank Silvia Ayyoubi for the outstanding contributions she has made during her almost 30 years with Roche, the last eight years in her current position. Silvia Ayyoubi has created and led an effective global human resources function, enabling Roche to attract and develop the most talented people world-wide.”

Cristina Wilbur, currently head of human resources for the diagnostics division, joined Roche in Indianapolis in 2002. From 2006 until 2010 she was the head of human resources for the diagnostics organisation in the United States. She has been holding her current position based in Basel, Switzerland, since the beginning of 2010. Cristina Wilbur holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Administration and has more than twenty years of experience in business and human resources. 

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