Elmar Schnee

Member of the Executive Board and General Partner of Merck KGaA, President of Merck Serono

Session

He participated in the "Decisionmakers, over to you" session.

Biography

Elmar Schnee is a Member of the Executive Board and General Partner of Merck KGaA, and the President of Merck Serono. Mr. Schnee joined Merck in May 2003 as Managing Director of the Merck Santé s.a.s. subsidiary in Lyon, France. In January 2004, he took on responsibility for the global operations of the ethical pharmaceuticals division and in November 2005 was appointed Deputy Member of the Executive Board responsible for the pharmaceuticals business sector. In 2006, he was appointed Regular Member of the Executive Board and General Partner of Merck KGaA, with responsibility for pharmaceuticals.

Mr. Schnee started his career in 1980 at a Swiss advertising agency and then pursued a series of management positions in marketing and sales in the consumer goods industry. He has more than twenty years’ experience in the international pharmaceutical industry, with specific expertise in business development and marketing gained at companies including Fisons Pharmaceutical, Sanofi-Synthélabo and UCB Pharma.

A native of Switzerland, Mr. Schnee studied at the Zurich-based Swiss Institute for Business Administration where he received a degree in Marketing Management. He is a board member of the Swiss and German pharmaceutical industry associations, a member of the board of directors of Arpida Ltd., Switzerland, and a board member of ChemGenex Pharmaceuticals Limited, Australia.