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Ian Clark - Genentech

Ian Clark is Chief Executive Officer, Genentech, and head of North American Commercial Operations. He was appointed to this role in January of 2010.

Clark joined Genentech in 2003 as senior vice president and general manager, BioOncology and, in January 2006, he was named executive vice president, Commercial Operations and became a member of the Executive Committee. In this role, he was responsible for leading all of Genentech’s Commercial functions including Sales, Marketing, Managed Care, Customer Operations and Commercial Operations Support. He was named head of Global Product Strategy and chief marketing officer in April 2009.

Prior to joining Genentech, Clark served as president of Novartis Canada, overseeing all of the company’s country operations. Before assuming his post in Canada, Clark served as chief operating officer for Novartis United Kingdom. Prior to joining Novartis in 1999, Clark worked in vice presidential roles in sales and marketing for Sanofi (Aventis) and Ivax in the United Kingdom and Eastern Europe. Clark started his career at Searle, where he held management positions in both sales and marketing.

Clark serves on the corporate board of Vernalis, a specialty biopharmaceutical company based in the United Kingdom, and on the board of Dendreon, a biotechnology company based in Seattle, Washington.Clark received a Bachelor of Science degree in biological sciences from Southampton University in the United Kingdom.