Dr. Schwan has been a Roche company
man all his life. He began his career as a trainee at Corporate Finance at
Roche in Base, Switzerland. Dr. Schwan
earned a promotion in 1995 when he became Head of Finance & Administration
at Roche Brussels.
He
continued his rise through the ranks becoming Head of Finance and Informatics
at Roche Grenzach, Germany and Member of the Executive Board of Roche
Deutschland Holding GmbH in 1998. Dr. Schwan continued his fast rise in the
organization becoming Head of Global Finance & Services, Roche Diagnostics,
Basel in 2000.
In
2004 Dr. Schwan became had Head of Region Asia Pacific, Roche Diagnostics,
Singapore. In 2006 he was promoted to Chief Executive Officer Division Roche
Diagnostics. Dr. Schwan finally got the prized job of Chief Executive Officer,
Roche Group in 2008.
While
company employees can work their whole life and not be promoted to the top
position, Dr. Schwan reached the top post in around 15 years. The company he leads it by no means a small
one. Roche is one of the largest firms in the world.
Roche
is a researched-focused healthcare company which discovers, develops and
provides diagnostic and therapeutic products and services. The pharmaceutical
company was founded on October 1, 1896. The founder Fritz Hoffman-La Roche, was
among the first to recognize that the industrial manufacture of standardized
medicines would be a major advancement in the fight against disease. The firm today, has more than 80,000 employees
and its products are sold in over 150 countries.
Roche
is among the world’s leading healthcare companies with two strong core
businesses: diagnostics and pharmaceuticals. In 2012 group sales
was at 45.5 billion Swiss francs coming from oncology sales, and clinical
laboratory businesses.
Dr.
Schwan continues to lead the company through more milestones.
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