Date: 2016-08-16
Type of information: Nomination
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Company: Recordati (Italy)
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- • On August 16, 2016, Recordati announces that the Board of Directors resolved to appoint Alberto Recordati Chairman of the Board of Directors of the company and Andrea Recordati Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. In particular, Andrea Recordati, Chief Operating Officer since 2013 in charge of all the commercial and production activities of the Group, has been granted all the powers for the ordinary and extraordinary management of the company, including the direction and coordination activities regarding all companies belonging to the Group, with the exception of some transactions the value of which exceeds certain thresholds, which are reserved to the Board of Directors.
Alberto Recordati joined Recordati in 1984 as a researcher in the biochemistry laboratories. In 1987 he was appointed
Head of the Planning and Product Development Office. From 1990 to 1992, he worked for the US subsidiary Pharmetrix as
research project coordinator. In 1992 he was appointed Industrial Manager for Biochemicals with responsibility for
biochemical/microbiological research and for the Cascina dè Pecchi biochemical/fermentation production site. In 1995, he
became Head of the Chemical Research and Technologies Division. In 1999, he was appointed director in charge of the fine chemicals sector and in 2004 Deputy Chairman of Recordati S.p.A.. He has held responsibility for co-ordinating the “Drug Discovery” and “Drug Development” activities of the Company since 2008 and also for licensing-in activities since 2011.
Andrea Recordati gained a Bachelor of Arts in medieval and modern history from the University of London Royal Holloway and Bedford New College. Between September 1995 and March 1998, he participated in the SmithKline Beecham Management Access Program, in the United Kingdom, starting off as Assistant Product Manager in Consumer Healthcare and then, for one year, occupying the role of medical representative in Essex before becoming Project Manager responsible for the development and implementation of an innovative SmithKline Beecham marketing initiative. He joined Recordati in 1998 as Project Leader for a project aimed at improving Sales Force productivity and better use of marketing investments. In April 1998, he joined the Board of Directors of the Company. In 1999, he was given responsibility for Pharmaceutical Business Development. In March 2002, the Lercanidipine Business Unit was set up and he was appointed head of that unit. Since November 2002, he has been responsible for setting up the subsidiary Recordati Ireland and its industrial plant and, subsequently, for setting up the UK subsidiary. In August 2007, the Northern and Central Europe Subsidiaries Division was set up and he was appointed head of that division. That division was enlarged in 2010 to include all western European companies. In February 2011 he was appointed General Manager of the International Pharmaceuticals Division. On 29 July 2013 he was appointed Chief Operating Officer, being responsible for all the commercial and production activities of the Group. He sits on several boards of directors within the
Group.
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