Franz Humer
{{Short description|Swiss-Austrian businessman}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2015}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Franz Humer
| image = Franz B Humer 2003-02-26-11-14-06.jpg
| birth_name = Franz Bernhard Humer
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1946|07|01}}
| birth_place = Salzburg
| nationality = Swiss-Austrian
| occupation = Businessman
| years_active = 1967–present
| title = Former chairman of Roche and Diageo plc
| boards = Roche, Diageo, Citigroup, International Centre for Missing & Exploited Children (ICMEC; Chairman)
}}
Franz Bernhard Humer (born 1 July 1946, in Salzburg, Austria){{cite web |url=https://www.munzinger.de/search/portrait/Franz+Humer/0/22182.html |title=Franz Humer |date=25 May 2021 |publisher=munzinger.de |access-date=29 February 2024}} is a Swiss-Austrian businessman, and the former chairman of Diageo,{{Cite news |date=2016-05-18 |title=Diageo Says Javier Ferran to Replace Chairman Franz Humer |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-05-18/diageo-says-javier-ferran-to-replace-chairman-franz-humer |access-date=2024-08-23 |work=Bloomberg.com |language=en}} and of Roche.
Life and career
Humer studied law at the University of Innsbruck and later obtained a doctorate in law. He also earned a master's degree in business from INSEAD in Fontainebleau.{{cite web |url=https://www.insead.edu/news/dr-franz-b-humer-new-chairman-inseads-board-directors |title=Dr. Franz B. Humer is new Chairman of INSEAD's board of directors |date=31 January 2008 |publisher=insead.edu |access-date=29 February 2024}}
Between 1973 and 1995, Humer worked for pharmaceutical companies Schering-Plough and Glaxo in various countries.
He became a member of the board of directors and head of the pharmaceuticals division of the Swiss pharmaceutical company Roche in 1995. From 1996 until 1998 he was COO of Roche, then CEO until 2008, when Severin Schwan took over. Additionally, he was chairman from 2001 to 2014.{{cite web|url=https://www.roche.com/about/governance/ec-bod-former/franz-humer|publisher=roche.com|title=Dr Franz B. Humer|access-date=23 March 2020}}{{cite web |url=https://www.nzz.ch/roche-praesident-humer-ruecktritt-ld.1022526 |title=Der Roche-Chefstratege kündigt Rücktritt an |date=5 March 2013 |publisher=Neue Zürcher Zeitung |access-date=29 February 2024}}
Humer was chairman of Reed Elsevier from July 2008 to September 2010, when he was succeeded by Anthony Habgood.{{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/franz-humer/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130124073646/http://www.forbes.com/profile/franz-humer/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=24 January 2013 | title=Franz Humer profile|work=Forbes |access-date=31 October 2012}}
He was chairman of Diageo, a British multinational alcoholic beverages company, until January 2017, when he was succeeded by Javier Ferrán.{{cite web|url=http://www.cityam.com/241353/diageo-appoints-javier-ferran-new-chairman-of-the-board-|publisher=cityam.com|title=Diageo appoints new chairman of the board, Javier Ferran, who will take over from Dr Franz Humer from 2017 | City A.M.|date=18 May 2016 |access-date=10 September 2016}}{{cite news|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-05-18/diageo-says-javier-ferran-to-replace-chairman-franz-humer|publisher=bloomberg.com|title=Diageo Says Javier Ferran to Replace Chairman Franz Humer - Bloomberg|newspaper=Bloomberg |date=18 May 2016 |access-date=10 September 2016}}
Humer is married and lives in Erlenbach, Switzerland.{{cite web |url=https://www.handelszeitung.ch/unternehmen/erlenbach-zh-ein-hauch-von-glamour |title=Erlenbach ZH: Ein Hauch von Glamour |date=27 September 2007 |publisher=handelzeitung.ch |access-date=5 March 2024}} He obtained Swiss citizenship in 1989.
Other
Humer was chairman of the International Centre for Missing & Exploited Children, a global non-profit organization that combats child sexual exploitation, child pornography, and child abduction.{{cite web |url=https://www.icmec.org/board/ |title=Board of Directors |publisher=icmec.org |access-date=3 September 2024}}{{cite web|url=http://www.nzz.ch/aktuell/feuilleton/uebersicht/eine-stimme-fuer-missbrauchte-kinder-1.18215155|title=Schutz, Hilfe, Prävention: Eine Stimme für missbrauchte Kinder|date=6 January 2014|work=Neue Zürcher Zeitung}} Humer was chairman at the INSEAD school of business from 2008 to 2014.{{Cite web|date=2016-04-04|title=INSEAD names Mr. Andreas Jacobs as new Chairman of the Board of Directors|url=https://www.insead.edu/news/2014-new-chairman|access-date=2020-06-24|website=INSEAD|language=en}}
Honors
- 2000: Grand Decoration of Honour in Gold for Services to the Republic of Austria{{cite web |url=https://www.parlament.gv.at/dokument/XXIV/AB/10542/imfname_251156.pdf |title=10542/AB XXIV. GP – Anfragebeantwortung |date=23 April 2012 |publisher=parlament.gv.at |access-date=5 March 2024}}
- 2006: Grand Decoration of Honour in Gold with Star for Services to the Republic of Austria
- 2014: Public Service Star (Distinguished Friends of Singapore){{cite web |url=http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/s-pore-confers-national/998214.html |title=S'Pore confers national honours on six international friends |author=Chitra Kumar |date=14 February 2014 |publisher=channelnewsasia.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140310020613/http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/s-pore-confers-national/998214.html |archive-date=10 March 2014 |access-date=5 March 2024}}
- 2016: Honorary Senator of the University of Salzburg{{cite web |url=https://science.apa.at/rubrik/kultur_und_gesellschaft/Ehrensenator_fuer_Dr_Franz_B_Humer/SCI_20160422_SCI39431352629391178 |title=Ehrensenator für Dr. Franz B. Humer |date=22 April 2016 |publisher=science.apa.at |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160531194619/https://science.apa.at/rubrik/kultur_und_gesellschaft/Ehrensenator_fuer_Dr_Franz_B_Humer/SCI_20160422_SCI39431352629391178 |archive-date=31 May 2016 |access-date=5 March 2024}}
- Honorary doctorate from the Faculty of Philosophy and Natural Sciences at the University of Basel
- Honorary doctorate from the London School of Pharmacy
References
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Category:Swiss chairpersons of corporations
Category:Hoffmann-La Roche people
Category:University of Innsbruck alumni
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