Date: 2017-08-24
Type of information: Nomination
Compound: Chief Digital Officer
Company: Novartis (Switzerland)
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- • On August 24, 2017, Novartis announced that Bertrand Bodson, Chief Digital and Marketing Officer for Sainsbury's Argos, has been appointed to the new role of Chief Digital Officer, reporting to Joseph Jimenez, CEO of Novartis. He will join Novartis on January 1, 2018, and will be responsible for creating and executing a company-wide digital strategy in close collaboration with the Executive Committee of Novartis, working with leadership teams across the business and external partners. Mr. Bodson will lead the digital transformation Novartis has embarked upon to improve the way the Company uses data in drug discovery and development, engages with patients, doctors and other stakeholders, as well as automating business processes.
- Mr. Bodson has extensive experience as a senior executive and entrepreneur across a variety of industries. In his current role at Sainsbury's Argos, he has led a highly successful transformation from a traditional catalogue business to the third-largest online retailer in the UK. He is a Belgian citizen and has lived and worked in Europe and North America. Prior to Sainsbury's Argos he held a senior role at EMI Music and co-founded Bragster.com, a social networking and content sharing website. Mr. Bodson also held senior roles at online retailer Amazon, both in Seattle and across Europe. He started his career in 1998 at Boston Consulting Group.
- Mr. Bodson has an MBA from Harvard Business School in the United States and a Masters of Commercial Engineering from the Solvay Business School/McGill University in Belgium and Canada.
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