Thomas Werner
Non-Executive Director
chemistry
vectura.
Switzerland
Biography
Mr. Thomas Werner is Non-Executive Director of the company. Thomas Werner was appointed to the Board of Skyepharma as a Non-Executive Director in May 2009 and joined the Board of Vectura following the merger in June 2016. He holds a degree in chemistry from the University of Göttingen. Thomas Werner has over 30 years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry, previously as senior vice president of GlaxoSmithKline where he was managing director for Germany and also co-ordinated its European oncology business. Prior to that, he was responsible for Glaxo Wellcome Germany and Central Europe, Bristol-Myers Squibb Germany and Convatec Germany/Central Europe. He has held various non-executive positions including Riemser Pharma GmbH and New Oncology AG. Beside his business responsibilities he has previously served for many years on the board of trustees of the Paul Ehrlich Foundation and the Robert Koch Foundation and was a director of the American Chamber of Commerce in Germany representing healthcare companies. Thomas is chairman of Fertin Pharma, a Danish medicated chewing gum company, and sits on the boards of Basilea Pharmaceutica Ltd and BSN Medical. He is chairman of the investor advisory committee of the Seventure (France) Health for Life capital investment fund.
Research Interest
oncology
