Klaus Gehrlein

Compliance Officer for Novartis International AG and Novartis Pharma AG, including functions such as Novartis Foundation, Corporate Affairs, Global Health and Corporate Responsibility

Regional Compliance Officer for Novartis Pharma AG and Rhine Valley

• Leading the implementation of global transparency program for the Headquarter of Novartis Pharma according to EFPIA Code of Practice

• Leading the transformation program to establish a Global Supply Hub for the Vaccines Division, consolidating activities from major production and supply sites • Global Program Head for the overall leadership of the program and successful implementation • Leading the financial separation of the Novartis Vaccines business and transition to GSK, including Financial Reporting and Accounting, Controlling, Procurement, Real Estate and Facilities, Tax, Treasury

• Leading the global integration of Alcon IT into the financial framework of Novartis, providing increased financial transparency and harmonization of processes as business benefits • Responsible as project leader for project management, stakeholder management, communication, resource planning and full alignment with overall Integration program, with 5 project staff

• Global Shared Service Organization, providing IT Infrastructure services worldwide • Responsible for managing all financial affairs of the Global Organization: strategic planning, forecasting, reporting, budgeting and financial analysis, with 30 finance staff

• Global Headquarter of Consumer Health Division, managing 3 Business Units (OTC, CIBA Vision, Animal Health) with annual turnover 2008 of USD 6 bn and 13,000 employees • Performing Strategic Business Planning and Analysis (BPA) as direct report to Global CFO of the Consumer Health Division

• CFO of German legal entity and DACH cluster (Germany, Austria, Switzerland) ; direct report to General Manager DACH, member of the Management Team • Managing all financial aspects of the German Legal Entity (120 employees), i.e. Controlling, Financial Planning, Accounting, Tax, Purchasing, Supply Chain, Compliance, IT with 18 staff

• IT start-up developing high-end e-commerce applications • Direct Report to Chief Financial Officer, in the role of “Co-CFO”, i.e. responsible for all financial affairs • Supported rapid growth of company from 10 to 250 staff within 1 year • Established high-performance finance organization with 10 staff within 5 months; designed and implemented all processes for global finance operation • Leading IPO preparation, acting as main contact person for auditors, banks and investment bankers

Controlling