BIOCON - Key Persons
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- General Counsel - Emerging Markets
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- Founder
- Independent Director
- Non - Executive Director
- Independent and Non - Executive Director
- Independent and Non - Executive Director / Member of the Board of Directors since 2018
- Independent Director / Member of the Board of Directors since 2018
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- Global Head - Business Development
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- Global Head of R & D - CMC
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- Non - Executive / Non - Independent Director
- Non - Executive and Non - Independent Director
Arun Chandavarkar, Ph.D., is the Non-Executive and Non-Independent Director of Biocon Biologics Limited, a subsidiary of Biocon Ltd., and has been a member of the board of Biocon Biologics since its inception in 2016.
Previously, he served as the Managing Director of Biocon Biologics Ltd. from January 2021 to December 2022, Prior to becoming Managing Director, he held the position of Managing Director at Biocon Ltd. from April 2014 to November 2019 when he retired after a nearly three-decade-long career at Biocon.
Dr Chandavarkar was a part of the core team that led Biocon's growth and strategy focused on improving access to high quality, affordable biopharmaceuticals and specialty medicines in chronic therapies such as diabetes, oncology and immunology. Under his leadership, Biocon has made significant investments in cutting-edge R&D and efficient, compliant operations that translated into a unique and differentiated product portfolio straddling fermentation-derived complex generics, biosimilars and novel biologics, all aimed at a worldwide patient population.
Dr Chandavarkar had graduated in Chemical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Mumbai and holds a Ph.D. in Biochemical Engineering from MIT, Cambridge, U.S.A
He served as Chairperson of the National Committee on Biotechnology of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) for the year 2016-17.
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- Chief Development Officer
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- Non - Executive Director
- Non - Executive Director / Member of the Board of Directors since 2021
Professional Experience
Assistant Professor of Computing & Mathematical Sciences and Economics at the California Institute of Technology.
Worked extensively on research projects at the intersection of Engineering, Machine Learning and Economics.
Worked on research projects at reputable institutions such as the University of California, Berkeley, MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory and the MIT Koch Institute for Cancer Research.
Developing tools and understanding necessary for deploying Machine Learning algorithms into societal-scale systems.
Focused on studying the fundamental limits of learning algorithms in societal systems, and designing machine learning algorithms real-world deployment, with applications in intelligent infrastructure, the delivery of healthcare, and e-commerce.
Awarded Simons Institute Research Fellowship to pursue research at the intersection of machine learning and economics.
Education
Ph.D., Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of California, Berkeley
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- CEO
- Managing Director
- CEO & Managing Director, Syngene
Jonathan holds a BA (Business Studies & Economics) degree from the University of Sheffield, United Kingdom and has done his MBA from Durham University, United Kingdom. He is responsible for leading Syngene's business operations as well as steering its investments in developing and strengthening its capabilities and capacities. He has more than 25 years of extensive experience in the global biopharmaceuticals industry.
Prior to joining Syngene in January 2015, he worked with Astrazeneca for over a decade where he has held various leadership positions including President & Director of Astrazeneca, Austria and President & COO, Astrazeneca India.
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- Executive / Chairperson
- Executive Chairperson - Biocon Limited and Biocon Biologics Limited
- Executive Chairperson / Industry
Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw is a first-generation entrepreneur and global business leader with over 4 decades of experience in biotechnology. Fueled by her passion, she started her biotech journey in 1978 from her garage in India. Today, that journey is changing lives for the better across the globe. She is regarded as an unconventional thinker with many firsts to her credit. Under her aegis, Biocon delivers on the promise of making medicines accessible and affordable to millions of patients worldwide.
Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw is a pioneering biotech entrepreneur, a healthcare visionary, a global influencer, and a passionate philanthropist. As a leading woman in science, she is a role model to millions. She is steadfast in her pursuit of innovative technologies that enable affordable access to healthcare, and is committed to making a difference to billions of lives globally.
She has scripted a hugely successful entrepreneurial story by building Biocon, an innovation-led global biopharmaceuticals enterprise, which has made outstanding contributions to life sciences & research, and generated global respect for India.
Kiran has received several coveted awards, honours and titles, both national and international, in recognition of her inspiring achievements.
Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw is a pioneer of the biotechnology industry in India and the founder of the country's leading biotechnology enterprise, Biocon. Named among TIME magazine's 100 most influential people in the world, Kiran is recognised as a thought leader who has made her country proud by building a globally recognised biopharmaceutical enterprise. Biocon is committed to innovation and delivering best-in-class, affordable therapeutics to patients across the globe.
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- Non - Executive Director
- Independent and Non - Executive Director
- Independent and Non - Executive Director / Member of the Board of Directors since 2016
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- Head, R & D & Regulatory Sciences
MATTHEW ERICK - Chief Commercial Officer
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- Chief Financial Officer
- Member of the Financial Disclosure & Governance Team
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- Company Secretary
- Compliance Officer
Mr. Siddharth Mittal is Managing Director and CEO of Biocon Limited. He joined the company in May 2013 and served as President & Chief Financial Officer until November 2019. With diverse global experience in strategic finance and accounting, mergers and acquisitions and general management, Siddharth has assumed positions of increasing responsibility over two decades of his professional journey.
With his proven record for driving strategic growth, Siddharth's first six years at Biocon was focused on the Company's biosimilar business, where he chartered a course for its future growth. In 2019, when the business was strategically spun off into a separate entity, Biocon Biologics, he turned his attention to leading the Company's foray into the Generic Formulations space, as a natural progression from Biocon's deep expertise in complex API manufacturing to vertically integrated finished dosage forms. He has since seen the business expand to a portfolio of over 20 products across developed and developing markets.
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- for Media Queries
- Global Head of
- Global Head of Communications & Corporate Brand
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- Non - Executive Director
- Additional Director
- Independent and Non - Executive Director
Additional Director (Category: Non-Executive and Independent Director)
Global leader with 20+ years of technical and business leadership experience in U.S. and India
Worked in varied roles across engineering & research, innovation and organizational management.
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- Additional Director ( Category - Non - Executive and Independent Director ) Member of the Board of Directors since 2023
- Non - Executive and Independent Director
Professional Experience
CEO and Founder - HealthQube Ltd
CEO and Board Member - Zentiva K.S
Advisor - Insud, Formycon, Medicines for Europe, Advent International
CEO Insud Pharma - Chemo, MabXience, Exeltis
Managing Director - Sandoz International GmbH
Co-chair Novartis Access to Medicines
Head Europe - Ranbaxy International
VP Hospital & Vaccines, Italy - GlaxoSmithKline
Education
MBA, Cranfield Institute, UK
BSc, Industrial & Manufacturing Systems Engineering, University of Hertfordshire
Further Executive Education - Leading a Global Enterprise, Harvard Business School
Further Executive Education - Healthcare System Design, Harvard Public health
Further Executive Education - Novartis Leadership Programme, Harvard Business School
Further Executive Education - Achieving Strategic Agility - London Business School
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- Non - Executive
- Non - Executive Non - Independent and Nominee Director of Viatris Inc.
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- Non - Executive Director
- Non - Executive Director / Member of the Board of Directors since 2000
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- Additional Director ( Category - Non - Executive and Independent Director ) Member of the Board of Directors since 2023
- Non - Executive and Independent Director
Professional Experience
Nearly 20 years at Accenture, including 7+ years as Chairperson of Accenture in India.
Chair of the G20 EMPOWER Working Group on Corporate Women Empowerment.
First woman to serve as Chairperson of NASSCOM.
Member of the NASSCOM Executive Council since 2016, serving as Chairperson in 2021-2022.
Member of the National Council of Confederation of Indian Industry (CII).
Member of the India Advisory Council of U.S.-India Business Council (USIBC).
Co-founder of Talisma Corporation, a VC-funded CRM software product business.
Country Managing Director of Aditi Services, a software services company.
Co-Founder of Pratham Books, a non-profit publisher of books for children.
Actively involved in industry and community organizations, including her role as a board member of XLRI Xavier School of Management and Invest India.
Job Titles:
- Chief Executive Officer
- Managing Director
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- Global Head - Supply Chain Management
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- Chief Commercial Officer - Emerging
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- Non - Independent Non - Executive Director
- Non - Independent and Non - Executive Director