Function at Novartis AG Marjorie Yang was elected in 2007 to the Board of Directors of Novartis AG with effect from January 1, 2008. She qualifies as an independent Non-Executive Director.
Other activities Marjorie M. Yang is Chairman and CEO of the Esquel Group. She currently sits on the boards of Swire Pacific and The Hong Kong and Shangai Banking Corporation Limited. She is also a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, Chairman of the Textile and Clothing Sector Committee, Vice Chairman of the China Association of Enterprises with Foreign Investment and a member of the M.I.T. Corporation. Marjorie M. Yang is on the Board of Dean’s Advisors of Harvard Business School.
Professional background Marjorie M. Yang graduated with a B.S. in Mathematics from M.I.T. and holds an M.B.A from Harvard Business School. From 1976 to 1978 she was an associate in Corporate Finance, Mergers and Acquisitions with the First Boston Corporation in New York. In 1979 she returned to Hong Kong and helped create Esquel. She has been Chairman and CEO of the Esquel Group since 1995. |