Batra And Galinat Appointed To Merck Board
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Executive Summary
E. Merck KG, the family holding company of Merck KGaA, has appointed Udit Batra, head of the life science business sector, and Walter Galinat, head of the performance materials business sector, to Merck KgaA's executive board – effective April, 30. 2016. Current board member Bernd Reckmann, will retire from his position – effective April. 30, 2016. Galinat joined Merck as an apprentice in 1976 and after earning his degree he built up the local Merck subsidiary in Taiwan. Later on in his career, he was head of the laboratory products division, head of the former Liquid Crystals division and was appointed CEO and president of today's performance materials business sector. Before joining Merck, Batra was at Novartis, where he was head of global public health and market access for vaccine and diagnostics, global head of corporate strategy and country president of the pharmaceutical business in Australia. He joined Merck in 2011, taking over leadership of the consumer health business and was later appointed CEO and president of Merck Millipore.
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