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Joerg Reinhardt, Ph.D., is Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Novartis Foundation. He is also Chairman of the Board of Directors of Novartis.
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Ann Aerts has been leading the Novartis Foundation since 2013. Her and her team's work focus on improving urban heart health and narrowing health inequities through data- and digital-led population health approaches.
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Dr. Jo Ivey Boufford is an expert in urban health, disease prevention, healthy aging, health promotion and health disparities.
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Lutz Hegemann leads the Novartis Global Health unit and is responsible for integrating environmental, social and governance (ESG) matters into the core of the company’s business, with a special emphasis on innovation and access.
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John is a proven data-driven leader with nearly four decades of data science, worldwide business, and technology transformation experience across Microsoft and IBM.
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Peter Piot MD PhD is the Handa Professor of Global Health and former Director of the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine.
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Andreas von Planta is a leading expert in corporate governance, corporate law and stock exchange regulation. He advises boards of public companies on corporate governance matters and is a sought-after speaker and writer on these topics.