Jörg Reinhardt
{{Short description|German businessman (born 1956)}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Jörg Reinhardt
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1956|3|11|df=y}}
| birth_place = Homburg, Saarland, Germany
| education = University of Saarland (PhD)
| occupation = Chairman, Novartis
| spouse = Married
| children = 2
}}
Jörg Reinhardt (born 11 March 1956) is a German businessman who has been the chairman of the board of directors of the Swiss pharmaceutical group Novartis AG since 2013.{{cite web |url=https://www.bilanz.ch/machtnetz/machtnetz-von-joerg-reinhardt-der-soldat |title=Machtnetz von Jörg Reinhardt: Der Soldat |author=Kristina Gnirke |date=19 February 2013 |publisher=Bilanz Ringier Axel Springer Schweiz |access-date=12 December 2017 |archive-date=13 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171213011023/https://www.bilanz.ch/machtnetz/machtnetz-von-joerg-reinhardt-der-soldat |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |url=https://www.blick.ch/news/wirtschaft/der-neue-novartis-boss-joerg-reinhardt-ist-bescheiden-und-tough-id2179837.html |title=Jörg Reinhardt ist bescheiden und tough |date=23 January 2013 |publisher=Blick |access-date=12 December 2017}} Since 2017, he has also been a member of the board of directors of the Swiss reinsurance group Swiss Re.{{cite web |url=https://www.handelszeitung.ch/unternehmen/novartis-praesident-soll-swiss-re-verwaltungsrat-1347863 |title=Novartis-Präsident soll in Swiss-Re-Verwaltungsrat |publisher=Handelszeitung Ringier Axel Springer Schweiz |access-date=12 December 2017}}
Life and career
Reinhardt was born on 11 March 1956 in Homburg, Saarland, Germany.{{Cite web |last=Jack |first=Andrew |date=8 December 2013 |title=Change without sour grapes |url=https://www.ft.com/content/38acdb9e-5db3-11e3-95bd-00144feabdc0 |work=Financial Times}} He studied pharmacy at the University of Saarland and graduated in 1982 with a doctorate. He started his career in 1982 with Sandoz, who merged with Ciba-Geigy in 1996 to form Novartis.
At Sandoz, he worked in research and development and became head of development in 1994. Following the merger into Novartis, Reinhardt was responsible for preclinical development throughout the group and later for the entire drug development. In 2008, he became Chief Operating Officer of Novartis.{{cite web |url=http://www.pharmafile.com/news/novartis-appoints-reinhardt-chief-operating-officer |title=Novartis appoints Reinhardt as chief operating officer |date=24 October 2008 |publisher=Pharmafile |access-date=12 December 2017}}
From 2000 to 2010 Reinhardt was President of the Board of Trustees of the Genomics Institute of the Novartis Research Foundation in the United States. From 2010 to 2012, he was Chairman of the Board of Management of Bayer HealthCare AG and Chairman of the Bayer HealthCare Executive Committee.{{cite web |url=https://www.swissinfo.ch/ger/frueherer-novartis-mann-joerg-reinhardt-wird-neuer-leiter-von-bayer-healthcare/8722952|title=Früherer Novartis-Mann Jörg Reinhardt wird neuer Leiter von Bayer HealthCare |date=21 April 2010 |publisher=SWI swissinfo |access-date=12 December 2017}}
In 2013, Reinhardt rejoined Novartis as chairman of the board.
Other activities
=Corporate boards=
- Swiss Re, Non-Executive Independent Member of the Board of Directors (since 2017)
- Lonza Group, Member of the Board of Directors (2012-2013){{cite web |url=https://www.handelszeitung.ch/management/sesselwechsel/lonza-verliert-verwaltungsrat-reinhardt |title=Lonza verliert Verwaltungsrat Reinhardt |publisher=Handelszeitung Ringier Axel Springer Schweiz |access-date=12 December 2017}}
- MorphoSys, Member of the Supervisory Board (2001-2004){{cite web |url=https://prozesstechnik.industrie.de/allgemein/neuer-leiter-bei-bayer-healthcare/ |title=Neuer Leiter bei Bayer HealthCare |date=4 May 2010 |publisher=Konradin-Verlag |access-date=12 December 2017}}
- Temasek Holdings, Member of the European Advisory Panel {{cite web |url=https://www.novartis.com/our-company/board-directors/joerg-reinhardt-en |title=Joerg Reinhardt, Ph.D.|publisher=Novartis|access-date=3 July 2018}}
=Non-profit organizations=
- Robert Koch Foundation, Member of the Board of Trustees[http://www.robert-koch-stiftung.de/index.php?article_id=13&clang=1 Board of Trustees] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211228134137/https://www.robert-koch-stiftung.de/index.php?article_id=13&clang=1 |date=2021-12-28 }} Robert Koch Foundation.
Personal life
Reinhardt is married and father of two children. He lives, since the completion of his studies, in Germany near Freiburg im Breisgau.{{Cite web |last1=Marcolli |first1=Patrick |last2=Mensch |first2=Christian |date=30 June 2021 |title=Bekenntnis des Novartis-Chefs Jörg Reinhardt: «Dass Basel der Hauptsitz bleibt, steht ausser Frage» |trans-title=Commitment of the head of Novartis Jörg Reinhardt: "The fact that Basel remains the headquarters is a question" |url=https://www.bzbasel.ch/basel/joerg-reinhardt-bekenntnis-des-novartis-chefs-dass-basel-der-hauptsitz-bleibt-steht-ausser-frage-ld.2157989 |work=Basellandschaftliche Zeitung |language=de-CH}}
References
{{Reflist}}
{{Authority control}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Reinhardt, Jorg}}