Sanofi, Ameet Nathwani
Sanofi has moved to appoint a chief digital officer, with the company deciding to hand the role to current CMO, Ameet Nathwani, in addition to his current duties.
Sanofi joins other larger pharma companies, such as Novartis and GSK, in seeing the value of an individual heading up digital efforts across the business being given a prominent position on the board.
Olivier Brandicourt, CEO of Sanofi, said, "With Ameet's wide experience in digital health and analytics, we will be able to further advance our capabilities to re-invent not only the way we discover and develop medicines but the types of future products we may offer to patients around the world."
Nathwani has worked at Sanofi for close to three years and has not previously held a role on the digital side of a business, though he arrived with a significant amount of experience of working at companies of similar scale.
Before joining Sanofi, he had spent 12 years at Novartis, where he reached the position of SVP and global head of medical affairs. He also worked at GSK for nine years, where he focused on clinical development of its cardiovascular portfolio.