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Christophe Jean serves as a director of the company. He was appointed group vice president, Operations of Ipsen in May 2003. A Harvard graduate, he joined the pharmaceutical industry with Ciba-Geigy, where he held several positions in sales and marketing (Brazil and Sweden) and international management. He was then appointed financial controller and information systems controller at the head office and was also a member of the pharmaceuticals executive committee. When Ciba-Geigy merged with Sandoz to create Novartis, Christophe Jean was appointed head of Europe, the Middle East and Africa region. In 2000, he became chairman and chief executive officer of Pierre Fabre Médicaments. He joined Ipsen in September 2002, initially in charge of creating the strategic planning and strategic marketing departments. | 