Career Sept. 2013 Executive Vice President Nestlé S.A., Chief Technology Officer 2011 - 2013 Provost & Executive Vice President  King Abdullah University of Science & Technology (KAUST)  Thuwal, Saudi Arabia 2005 - 2010 Co-Founder & Managing Partner  TILOCOR LIFE SCIENCE  Luxemburg 2000 - 2005 Professor of Cellular Engineering, Vice President Research  Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL) Lausanne, Switzerland 1996 - 2000 Professor of Cell Biology & Director Institute of Cell Biology & Morphology University of Lausanne, Faculty of Medicine Lausanne, Switzerland 1991 - 1996 Head of Neurobiology Department  Glaxo Institute for Molecular Biology Geneva, Switzerland Education Ph.D Neurosciences, University of Lausanne, Switzerland Master, in Natural Sciences, University of Lausanne, Switzerland Post-doctoral studies, The Scripps Research Institute, San Diego, USA Senior Management course, London Business School, London, UK Mandates Board member, Nutrition-Wellness Venture AG (CH) Board member, Nestlé Health Science S.A. (CH) Chairman, Nestlé Institute of Health Sciences S.A. (CH) Board member, Nestlé Skin Health S.A. (CH) Board member, Biomedical Research Council of A*STAR (Singapore) Board member, “Fondation Solar Impulse” (CH) Member of the International Board of Governors, New York Academy of Sciences (US) Member of the Economic Advisory Board, Swiss Innovation Park (CH)

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