Preceded by Marc de Garidel Nationality American | Full Name David Meek Jr | |
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Born 12 September 1963 (age 53) ( 1963-09-12 ) Education Bachelor of Arts, University of Cincinnati (2000) | ||
David Meek is an American businessman. He has over 25 years of international experience in the pharmaceutical industry. He held various global executive positions in major pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies.
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In July 2016, the Board of Directors of Ipsen (Euronext: IPN), a French pharmaceutical company, appointed David Meek as Chief Executive Officer.
Early life
David Meek holds a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Business Administration and Management from the University of Cincinnati.
Career
In January 2001, he began his career as National Field Sales Director CNS and Primary Care in Janssen Biotech, Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson (until December 2004 based in Titusville, NJ).
He later joined Novartis Pharmaceuticals ($NVS), where he ran the company's respiratory and dermatology franchise in Switzerland (January 2005 – June 2007) before heading up operations in Canada (CEO & President, June 2007 - January 2010) and later running its oncology biz in Europe (January 2010 - August 2012).
He’s not only been at Big Pharma, however, and before joining Baxter he was the COO of Endocyte ($ECYT) from August 2012 to July 2014, based in Indenapolis.
He later joined Baxter International Inc. as Head of Oncology division (July 2014 - June 2015, based in Cambridge, Massachusetts).
He was Executive Vice-President and President of the oncology division of Baxalta Inc., which was recently acquired by Shire (July 2015 – July 2016 based in Cambridge, MA).
In July 2016, the Board of Directors of Ipsen (Euronext: IPN; ADR: IPSEY), has appointed David Meek as Chief Executive Officer, effective July 18, 2016. On this date, Marc de Garidel will assume the role of non-executive chairman and will continue to serve the Board of Directors. Meek will be based at Ipsen’s headquarters in Boulogne-Billancourt, a suburb of Paris.