Op­er­a­tions head Wyss ex­its No­var­tis, giv­ing way to new struc­ture and a string of pro­mo­tions

No­var­tis $NVS is bid­ding farewell to a se­nior Swiss ex­ec, whose de­par­ture has trig­gered some re­struc­tur­ing and sev­er­al pro­mo­tions.

An­dré Wyss, cur­rent­ly pres­i­dent of No­var­tis Op­er­a­tions and coun­try pres­i­dent for Switzer­land, has de­cid­ed to step down on April 1 to “start a new chap­ter in his ca­reer.”

With op­er­a­tions be­ing split in­to tech­ni­cal op­er­a­tions and busi­ness ser­vices, his du­ties will be di­vid­ed be­tween three peo­ple: Matthias Leuen­berg­er takes over the coun­try pres­i­den­cy for Switzer­land; Stef­fen Lang as­sumes the role of glob­al head, No­var­tis Tech­ni­cal Op­er­a­tions; cor­po­rate af­fairs head Philippe Bar­rois leads the busi­ness ser­vices unit un­til the com­pa­ny iden­ti­fies a per­ma­nent suc­ces­sor.

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