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Bernard Poussot was elected to the Wyeth Board of Directors and appointed Chief Operating Officer in January 2007 and retained his titles of President and Vice Chairman of Wyeth to which he had been elected in April 2006. Mr. Poussot is responsibile for overseeing Wyeth Pharmaceuticals Wyeth R&D Wyeth Consumer Healthcare and Fort Dodge Animal Health.
Mr. Poussot joined the Corporation in 1986 as Deputy General Manager of Wyeth France. A year later he was promoted to President - General Manager Wyeth France a position he held until 1991 when he was named head of Wyeth Europe and relocated to St. Davids Pennsylvania. Two years later his responsibilities were extended to Asia and Latin America as he was appointed Executive Vice President of Wyeth-Ayerst International. In 1996 he became President of Wyeth-Ayerst International. In 1997 Mr. Poussot was promoted to President Wyeth-Ayerst Pharmaceuticals the global pharmaceutical division of the Corporation. In 2001 he was elected Senior Vice President of Wyeth and Executive Vice President in June 2002 when R&D became part of his responsibilities. Mr. Poussot is a member of the Management Law/Regulatory Review Human Resources and Benefits and Retirement Committees and is the Chairman of the Operations Committee of the Corporation.
Prior to joining Wyeth Mr. Poussot was Director of Marketing Worldwide for Searle in Chicago from 1984-1986 after being Director of Marketing and Sales for Searle France from 1981-1984. He began his career with Laboratoires Merck Sharp & Dohme in Paris in 1975 serving in various marketing positions from 1977-1980 until he became Director of a Pharmaceutical Division in 1980.
He graduated from Ecole Supérieure de Commerce de Paris in 1975 where he was elected Chairman of the Students' Council. He fulfilled his civil servant obligation as Secretary General to the Governor of Casablanca-Morocco 1976-1977 in charge of Economic Affairs.
Mr. Poussot serves on the Boards of the World Affairs Council the University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine the Eisenhower Fellowships the French American Chamber of Commerce and the Opera Company of Philadelphia.
He lives in Villanova Pennsylvania with his wife Delphine. They have three children. | 