André Hoffmann

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André Hoffmann (born 31 May 1958), is a Swiss billionaire businessman, the vice-chairman of Hoffmann-La Roche, and great-grandson of Fritz Hoffmann-La Roche who founded the drug company Roche Holding in 1896.[1]

Education

  • St. Gallen School of Economics, St. Gallen, Switzerland, 1979-1982.
  • INSEAD, Fontainebleau, France: MBA, 1990.[2]

Career

  • 1983-1985
Station Biologique de la Tour du Valat, Camargue, France
Acting Administrator
  • 1985-1989
James Capel and Co., London, United Kingdom
Manager, European Mergers & Acquisitions (latest position)
  • 1991-1993
Nestlé UK Ltd.
Special Project Manager, Food division (latest position)[2]

Directorships in listed Companies

  • since 1996
Member of the Board of Roche Holding Ltd., Basel, Switzerland.
  • since 2006
Vice-Chairman of the Board of Roche Holding Ltd., Basel, Switzerland.
  • since 2009
Member of the Board of Inovalon Inc., Bowie, USA (listed since 2015).[2]

Directorships in unlisted Companies

  • Genentech Inc., South San Francisco, USA, Member of the Board.
  • Massellaz SA, Morges, Switzerland, Chairman.
  • SYSTEMIQ Ltd., London, United Kingdom, Member of the Board.[2]

Philanthropic Foundations and Charities

  • Fondation Auxiliaire du Conservatoire botanique de la Ville de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland, Member of the Board, Treasurer.
  • Fondation Hoffmann, Morges, Switzerland, President.
  • Fondation Jan Michalski pour l'écriture et la littérature, Montricher, Switzerland, Secretary of the Board.
  • Fondation MAVA, Gland, Switzerland, President.
  • Fondation Pro Valat, Basel, Switzerland, Chairman of the Board.
  • Fondation Tour du Valat, Arles, France, President.
  • HGIBS Hoffmann Global Institute for Business and Society, Fontainebleau, France, Founder; Chairman of the Advisory Board.
  • Givaudan Foundation, Vernier, Switzerland, President of the Board of Trustees.
  • Institute for Strategic Dialogue, past member of the Board of Trustees.[3]
  • Paul Sacher Stiftung, Basel, Switzerland, Member of the Board.
  • Peace Parks Foundation, Stellenbosch, South Africa, Member of the Board.
  • Weidenfeld-Hoffmann Trust, Oxford, United Kingdom, Member of the Board of Trustees.
  • World Economic Forum, Cologny-Geneva, Switzerland, Member of the Governing Board.[2]

Notes

  1. Our History, Roche website. Last accessed 10 March 2020.
  2. Jump up to: 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 André Hoffmann, Roche website. Last accessed 10 March 2020.
  3. ISD Board of Trustees, Institute for Strategic Dialogue via the Internet Archive. Last accessed 10 March 2020.