Alberto Martinez, Md

Biography

Alberto Martinez, MD, has served as a Director of the Company since December 2010. He is currently a consultant to the healthcare industry. From 2007 to 2008, Dr. Martinez served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Talecris Biotherapeutics, a publicly traded life science company. Prior to that, he was Executive Vice President of Worldwide Commercial Operations for CSL Behring, the company formed by the 2004 acquisition of Aventis Behring 

Research Interest

He was Vice President and General Manager for Emerging Markets for Aventis Behring from 1996-2000 and served as President of Aventis BioServices from 2000-2004. Dr. Martinez began his career with Sandoz Ltd. (known today as Novartis). He spent twenty years working with Sandoz in a variety of roles across the world, including Director and Head of Corporate Strategic Planning in the United States, Head of the Latin America Business Operations in Switzerland, Director of Marketing and Sales in Spain, and Head of Marketing and Clinical Research in Brazil. Dr. Martinez completed his undergraduate and graduate studies at the University of Sao Paulo and received his medical degree from the University of Sao Paulo in 1973. After completing his residency in Pediatrics in 1975, he studied Business and Marketing Administration at the Fundação Getúlio Vargas in Sao Paulo, Brazil.