Mr. Cawthorn has a successful track record of over 35 years in the pharmaceutical industry, which includes establishing start-ups and managing large pharmaceutical companies. Following his retirement as Chairman and CEO of Rhô-Poulenc-Rorer, Inc., he was a managing director of Global Health Care Partners, DLJ Merchant Banking. After 17 years as an executive with Pfizer International, he became the first president of Biogen and was active in creating the foundations for the future success of the company. He joined the Rorer Group in 1982 and, as Chairman and CEO, led the transformation of Rorer from a small, primarily over-the-counter pharmaceutical company into a major research-driven company, culminating in the merger that created Rhône-Poulenc-Rorer.
Mr. Cawthorn is a graduate of Cambridge University, England and lives in Bermuda and London, England. |