Pascal Soriot

French businessman

Pascal Soriot (born 23 May 1959) è un imprenditore francese.

Pascal Soriot
Born (1959-05-23) 23 May 1959 (age 65)
NationalityFrench
Alma materÉcole nationale vétérinaire d'Alfort
HEC Paris
OccupationCEO of AstraZeneca

È attuale amministratore delegato della multinazionale farmaceutica anglo-svedese AstraZeneca dall'ottobre 2012.

Biography

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Soriot was born in France and studied veterinary medicine at the École nationale vétérinaire d'Alfort. Then He completed an MBA at HEC Paris. ​In 1996 he became general manager of the chemical company Hoechst Marion Roussel in Australia. In 2000 he was nominated head of Aventis USA, a pharmaceutical company that changed its name to Sanofi in 2004.[1]

In 2012 he joined AstraZeneca as CEO.[2]

During the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, Soriot acted as the company's spokesperson regarding the development of a potential vaccine against the disease.[3]

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