Etienne Jornod
{{short description|Swiss entrepreneur and manager (born 1953)}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Etienne Jean Jornod
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1953|1|6}}
| birth_place = Neuchâtel, Switzerland
| education = {{unbulleted list|HEC Lausanne (Lic.oec.)|Stanford University}}
| occupation = former Chairman of the Board of Directors of the pharmaceutical and logistics group Galenica and the NZZ Mediengruppe
| children = 4
}}
Etienne Jean Jornod (born 6 January 1953 in Neuchâtel, Switzerland){{cite web |url=https://www.bilanz.ch/machtnetz/machtnetz-von-etienne-jornod-der-unerfahrene |title=Machtnetz von Etienne Jornod: Der Unerfahrene |author=Ueli Kneubühler |date=11 December 2012 |publisher=Bilanz Ringier Axel Springer Schweiz |access-date=17 January 2018}} is a Swiss entrepreneur and manager. He was Chairman of the Board of Directors of the pharmaceutical and logistics group Galenica and the NZZ Mediengruppe.
Life and education
Etienne Jornod grew up in Neuchâtel as the eldest of six children in a family of doctors{{cite web |url=http://www.bantel.ch/site/assets/files/1096/121212_sj-etienne_jornod.pdf |title=Ich bin diskret |author=Hanspeter Bürgin |date=December 2012 |publisher=Bantel & Partner |format=PDF|access-date=17 January 2018}} and completed an apprenticeship as a pharmacist in Biel. He studied business administration{{cite web |url=https://www.fuw.ch/article/galenica-ist-nicht-jornod-abhangig/ |title=Galenica ist nicht Jornod-abhängig |author=Dominik Feldges, Mark Dittli |date=14 January 2014 |publisher=Finanz und Wirtschaft |access-date=17 January 2018}} at the HEC Lausanne and graduated with a licentiate (lic. Oec). He continued his studies at the Stanford University in the United States (Senior Executive Program).
Career
In 1975, he joined Galenica as a Junior Product Manager, leaving the company in 1978 to study business administration. He returned to the company in 1981 as Assistant to the Directorate General. He has been a member of the Directorate General since 1989, and from 1996 to 2011, he led Galencia‘s dual mandate as President and Delegate of the Board of Directors. Since 2012, he has been executive chairman of the board.{{cite web |url=https://www.zonebourse.com/barons-bourse/Etienne-Jornod-066LRQ-E/biographie/ |title=Les Barons de la Bourse |publisher=Zonebourse |access-date=17 January 2018}}
From April 2013 to April 2023, he was Chairman of the Board of the NZZ-Mediengruppe. He succeeded Franz Steinegger, who had retired from the board after reaching the age for retirement.{{cite web |url=https://www.nzzmediengruppe.ch/2012/10/nzz-verwaltungsrat-schlaegt-etienne-jornod-als-neuen-praesidenten-vor/ |title=NZZ-Verwaltungsrat schlägt Etienne Jornod als neuen Präsidenten vor |date=26 October 2012 |publisher=Neue Zürcher Zeitung NZZ |access-date=17 January 2018}}
Etienne Jornod held other directorships, including President of Vifor Pharma AG and Vifor Fresenius Medical Care Renal Pharma AG.{{cite web |url=https://www.moneyhouse.ch/de/person/jornod-etienne-jean-36468444401/mandates?activeOnly=false&page=1 |title=Etienne Jean Jornod |publisher=Moneyhouse NZZ |access-date=17 January 2018}} From 2012 to 2017 he was a member of the Board of Directors of Vaudoise Insurance Group.{{cite web |url=https://www.kleinreport.ch/news/etienne-jornod-zieht-sich-aus-vaudoise-verwaltungsrat-zuruck-86828/ |title=Etienne Jornod zieht sich aus Vaudoise-Verwaltungsrat zurück |date=6 April 2017 |publisher=kleinreport.ch |access-date=30 October 2023}} From 2008 to 2009 he was a member of the board of Publigroupe. He was also a directorial member of Alliance Boots.
In May 2020, Jornod stepped down as executive chairman of Vifor Pharma's board of directors after 25 years of service,{{cite web |url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20200311005702/en/Vifor-Pharma-Group-Reports-Strong-Growth-in-2019-Exceeding-Raised-Guidance |title=Vifor Pharma Group Reports Strong Growth in 2019, Exceeding Raised Guidance |date=12 March 2020 |publisher=Business Wire |access-date=15 September 2021}} and was named honorary chairman of the company that same month, after having previously been appointed Honorary Chairman of Galenica in 2017.{{cite web |url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20200514005044/en/92nd-Vifor-Pharma-Group-Annual-General-Meeting |title=92nd Vifor Pharma Group Annual General Meeting |date=14 May 2020 |publisher=Business Wire |access-date=13 September 2021}}
In 2020, together with long-term partners, he acquired the Geneva-based biotech company OM Pharma from Vifor Pharma and has since been the company's executive chairman of the Board of Directors. He is also President of the Advisory Board of the University of Lucerne.{{cite web |url=https://unternehmen.nzz.ch/person/etienne-jornod/ |title=Etienne Jornod |publisher=unternehmen.nzz.ch |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230131160000/https://unternehmen.nzz.ch/person/etienne-jornod/ |archive-date=31 January 2023 |access-date=30 October 2023}}
Personal life
Etienne Jornod is in his second marriage, the father of four children, two of them from his first marriage. He lives in Muri bei Bern.
References
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External links
- [http://www.galenica.com/de/ueber-galenica/organisation/verwaltungsrat.php Etienne Jornod] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160404032513/http://www.galenica.com/de/ueber-galenica/organisation/verwaltungsrat.php |date=2016-04-04 }} Website of Galenica
- [https://www.munzinger.de/search/go/document.jsp?id=00000029651 Etienne Jornod], in the Munzinger-Archiv
- Beat Gygi, Rainer Stadler: [http://www.nzz.ch/aktuell/feuilleton/medien/von-oben-bis-unten-unternehmerisch-denken-1.18064599 Von oben bis unten unternehmerisch denken.] Interview Neue Zürcher Zeitung 16 April 2013
- Markus Spillmann: [http://www.nzz.ch/wirtschaft/unternehmen/wir-sind-dem-qualitaetsjournalismus-verpflichtet-1.18192125 ''Wir sind dem Qualitätsjournalismus verpflichtet."] Interview Neue Zürcher Zeitung 26 November 2013
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Category:20th-century Swiss businesspeople