Pascal Soriot
Sir Pascal Soriot | |
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.jpg) Soriot in 2019 | |
| Born | Pascal Claude Roland Soriot 23 May 1959 France |
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| Education | École nationale vétérinaire d'Alfort HEC Paris |
| Occupation | Businessman |
| Years active | 1982–present |
| Title | CEO, AstraZeneca |
| Term | 2012– |
| Children | 2 |
| Honours | Knight Bachelor |
Sir Pascal Claude Roland Soriot (born 23 May 1959) is a French-born Australian businessman and chief executive officer (CEO) of the British-Swedish multinational pharmaceutical and biotechnology company AstraZeneca.[1]
Early life
Pascal Soriot was born in France on 23 May 1959.[2] His father died when he was 20.[3]
He studied veterinary medicine at the École nationale vétérinaire d'Alfort at Maisons-Alfort in Paris.[2] He later obtained an MBA at HEC Paris.[1]
Career
Roussel Uclaf
In April 1986, he joined Roussel Uclaf (formerly France's second largest pharmaceutical company, until bought by Hoechst AG in 1997) as a salesman in Australia.[2][4] In 1996, he became General Manager of Hoechst Marion Roussel in Australia, moving to Tokyo in April 1997.[citation needed]
Aventis
In 2000 he moved to Aventis in America, becoming chief operating officer of Aventis USA in 2002, which became Sanofi Aventis USA in 2004.[citation needed]
Roche
He joined Roche in 2006. From April 2009 to 2010, he was chief executive of the Roche subsidiary Genentech. He rejoined Roche Pharma AG in 2010 as chief operating officer.[5]
AstraZeneca
In August 2012 he was named as the new chief executive of AstraZeneca,[6] the world's fifth largest pharmaceutical company, when aged 53. He took up the post on 1 October 2012.[citation needed]
In July 2017, it was reported that Soriot would become the next CEO of Israel-based Teva Pharmaceutical Industries, succeeding Erez Vigodman, though this was soon denied.[7][8][9]
In September 2018, he made headlines commenting on his pay of £9.4m in salary and bonuses. 'The truth is I’m the lowest-paid CEO in the whole industry', he said. 'It is annoying to some extent. But at the end of the day it is what it is.'[10]
Personal life
He is married and has two children.[11] He has three brothers, all of whom are doctors.[3]
Soriot was knighted in the 2022 Birthday Honours for services to UK life sciences and the response to COVID-19.[12] He qualifies for a substantive knighthood rather than an honorary one by virtue of being an Australian citizen.[13]
References
- ^ a b "Executive Profile: Pascal Soriot". Bloomberg. Retrieved 3 April 2015.
- ^ a b c "Pascal Soriot: Leader of the great escape". Financial Times. Retrieved 26 January 2017.
- ^ a b Ralph, Alex (17 May 2019). "A drugs giant that loves to blind rivals with science". The Times. ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 17 May 2019.
- ^ "Pascal Soriot". Roche.com. Retrieved 26 January 2017.
- ^ "AstraZeneca Names Roche's Pascal Soriot as CEO". Bloomberg. Retrieved 6 February 2013.
- ^ Rowley, Emma (28 August 2012). "AstraZeneca appoints Roche's Pascal Soriot as new chief". The Telegraph. Retrieved 26 January 2017.
- ^ Boland, Hannah (14 July 2017). "Pascal Soriot looks set to stay as AstraZeneca chief". The Telegraph – via www.telegraph.co.uk.
- ^ Reuters Editorial (14 May 2014). "AstraZeneca's CEO Soriot to join Israeli drugs company Teva: report". Reuters. Retrieved 12 July 2017.
- ^ "Israeli newspaper reports that AstraZeneca CEO Pascal Soriot has agreed to take the helm at Teva – ENDPOINTS NEWS". Endpts.com. Retrieved 12 July 2017.
- ^ Meddings, Sabah. "Salary size matters, says Astra Zeneca boss on £9.4m" – via www.thetimes.co.uk.
- ^ James Ashton (16 May 2014). "Astrazeneca chief Pascal Soriot: I can carry on curing the company, says scientist in £63bn bid battle". Standard.co.uk. Retrieved 26 January 2017.
- ^ "No. 63714". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 June 2022. p. B2.
- ^ "AstraZeneca's Pascal Soriot awarded British knighthood for services to UK life sciences and leadership in the global response to the COVID pandemic". AstraZeneca.com. Retrieved 14 June 2022.
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