Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla to Succeed Ian Reed as Chairman
September 27 2019 - 8:59AM
Dow Jones News
By Colin Kellaher
Pfizer Inc. on Friday said Ian Read will retire as executive
chairman of the drugmaker at the end of the year, adding Chief
Executive Albert Bourla will assume the additional post of
chairman, effective Jan. 1.
Mr. Read, who joined Pfizer in 1978 as an operational auditor,
has been chairman since 2011 and served as CEO of the New York
company from 2010 through 2018.
Mr. Bourla, who joined Pfizer's animal-health division in 1993,
succeeded Mr. Read as CEO at the start of this year.
Write to Colin Kellaher at colin.kellaher@wsj.com
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
September 27, 2019 08:44 ET (12:44 GMT)
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