Jean-Pierre Garnier

JEAN-PIERRE GARNIER, Ph.D., was elected Chief Executive Officer of Pierre Fabre SA (pharmaceuticals and cosmetics) in 2008. He previously served as Chief Executive Officer and Executive Member of the Board of Directors of GlaxoSmithKline plc from 2000 to 2008. Dr. Garnier served as Chief Executive Officer of SmithKline Beecham plc in 2000 and as Chief Operating Officer and Executive Member of the Board of Directors of SmithKline Beecham plc from 1996 to 2000. Dr. Garnier is also a director of Renault S.A. In 2007, he was promoted from Chevalier to Officier de la Légion d’Honneur of France. In 2006, he was named to the global list of top 20 CEOs by the Best Practice Institute. He is currently a board member of the Stanford Advisory Council on Interdisciplinary Biosciences and the Weill Cornell Medical College, serves on UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown’s International Business Advisory Council and is a member of the advisory board of the Global Strategic Equities Fund founded and sponsored by Dubai International Capital LLC. Dr. Garnier has been a UTC director since 1997.