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Marie-France Tschudin

Marie-France

Tschudin

President, Innovative Medicines International & Chief Commercial Officer of Novartis Pharma AG (Switzerland)

Swiss nationality

Directorship and number of AXA shares

Appointed on June 30, 2020 - Term expires at the 2024 Shareholders’ Meeting
First appointment on June 30, 2020
Member of the Compensation, Governance & Sustainability Committee
Number of AXA shares held on March 31, 2023: 3,531

Expertise and experience

Mrs. Marie-France Tschudin graduated with a Master of Business Administration from IMD business school in Switzerland, and a Bachelor of Science from Georgetown University in the United States. Before joining Novartis, Mrs. Marie-France Tschudin spent 10 years at Celgene International in a variety of leadership positions across Europe. She joined Novartis in 2017 as Europe Region Head of Novartis Pharmaceuticals. From March to June 2019, she was President of Advanced Accelerator Applications, a Novartis company. In June 2019, she became President of Novartis Pharmaceuticals. As of April 4, 2022, Mrs. Marie-France Tschudin has been President, Innovative Medicines International & Chief Commercial Officer of Novartis Pharma AG (Switzerland) and a member of the Executive Committee of Novartis (Switzerland).

Directorship held within the AXA Group

  • Director: AXA

Directorships held outside the AXA Group

  • President, Innovative Medicines International & Chief Commercial Officer: Novartis Pharma AG (Switzerland)
  • President: Novartis Pharmaceuticals (Switzerland)
  • Director: European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations (EFPIA) (Belgium), IMD Foundation (Switzerland)

Directorship held during the last five years

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