Athanase Lavidas
Description Athanase Lavidas, Ph.D. has been the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Lavipharm Group, a pharmaceutical, cosmetics and consumer health products company in Greece, since 1976. Dr. Lavidas is also Chairman of the Greece-U.S. Business Council and Vice Chairman of the Hellenic Federation of Enterprises, responsible for International Affairs. Dr. Lavidas has been a member of ARIAD?s Board since September 2003 and its lead director since November 2008. He is Chair of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee and a member of the Compensation Committee. Dr. Lavidas brings to the Board over thirty years of international pharmaceutical industry experience in strategic development and operational management, making him highly qualified to be the Board?s lead director. Dr. Lavidas has expertise in the research, development and commercialization of innovative drug products, as well as global pharmaceutical and biotechnology collaborations. Dr. Lavidas received his B.S. and M.S. in chemistry from the University of Munich, his M.B.A. from the Institut Superieur de Marketing et de Management in Paris and his Ph.D. degree in pharmaceutical chemistry from the University of Athens. To view the detailed information, you need to SUBSCRIBE with us. |
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