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• EDUCATION AND EARLY CAREER
• MOVING TO ROCHE
• HUMER VOWS TO KEEP ROCHE INDEPENDENT
• PROFITS AND RESPONSIBILITIES
• VISION FOR THE FUTURE
• OTHER ROLES
• SOURCES FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

Chairman and chief executive officer, Roche Group

Nationality: Swiss, Austrian.

Born: July 1, 1946.

Education: University of Innsbruck, Doctor of Law; INSEAD, MBA.

Career: ICME Zurich, 1971–1973; Schering Plough Corporation, 1973–1981, assistant to the vice president (Europe, Africa, Middle East), general manager (Ecuador, UK, Portugal); Glaxo Wellcome, 1981–1995, area controller, head of group product licensing,...