Peter Guenter

Peter Guenter is a non-executive independent member of our Board of Directors since 30 April 2019. Mr. Guenter is a member of the Executive Board of Merck and Chief Executive Officer of Merck Healthcare since January 2021. Before joining Merck, he served as Chief Executive Officer at Almirall from 2017 to 2020. Prior to joining Almirall, he worked at Sanofi for 22 years, most recently as Executive Vice President Diabetes and Cardiovascular Global Business Unit. During his tenure at Sanofi, he held many senior positions including Vice President Eastern Europe and Northern Europe, Vice President Business Management and Support, General Manager Germany, Senior Vice President Europe, Executive Vice President Global Commercial Operations, and Executive Vice President General Medicine and Emerging Markets. He was a member of Sanofi’s Executive Committee from 2013 until August 2017. Before joining Sanofi, he held different positions in sales and marketing at Smith Kline and Ciba Geigy. Mr. Guenter also is a member of the Board of the European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations (EFPIA). He holds a Master’s Degree in Physical Education from the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Ghent.