Franz Humer
Franz Bernhard Humer (born 1 July 1946)[1] is a Swiss-Austrian businessman, and the former chairman of Diageo, and of Roche.
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Born | Franz Bernhard Humer 1 July 1946 |
Nationality | Swiss-Austrian |
Occupation | Businessman |
Years active | 1967–present |
Title | Former chairman of Roche and Diageo plc |
Board member of | Roche, Diageo, Citigroup, International Centre for Missing & Exploited Children (ICMEC; Chairman) |
Business career
Humer was CEO of Swiss pharmaceutical company Roche,[2] and was chairman from 2008 to 2014.[3]
He was chairman of Diageo, a British multinational alcoholic beverages company, until January 2017, when he was succeeded by Javier Ferrán.[4][5]
Humer was chairman of Reed Elsevier from July 2008 to September 2010, when he was succeeded by Anthony Habgood.[6]
Philanthropy
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Humer is chairman of the International Centre for Missing & Exploited Children, a global non-profit organization that combats child sexual exploitation, child pornography, and child abduction.[7][8] Humer was chairman at the INSEAD school of business from 2008 to 2014.[9]
References
- "Franz Humer search". Dellam. Archived from the original on 28 September 2018. Retrieved 3 November 2012.
- Franz Humer in: Roche, 13 August 2013
- "Dr Franz B. Humer". roche.com. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
- "Diageo appoints new chairman of the board, Javier Ferran, who will take over from Dr Franz Humer from 2017 | City A.M." cityam.com. Retrieved 10 September 2016.
- "Diageo Says Javier Ferran to Replace Chairman Franz Humer - Bloomberg". bloomberg.com. Retrieved 10 September 2016.
- "Franz Humer profile". Forbes. Retrieved 31 October 2012.
- "ICMEC Board Members". icmec.org. Archived from the original on 3 July 2015.
- "Schutz, Hilfe, Prävention: Eine Stimme für missbrauchte Kinder". Neue Zürcher Zeitung. 6 January 2014.
- "INSEAD names Mr. Andreas Jacobs as new Chairman of the Board of Directors". INSEAD. 4 April 2016. Retrieved 24 June 2020.