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Viatris Announces Appointments of Frank D'Amelio and Michael Severino, M.D., to the Company's Board of Directors
Directors Rajiv Malik and Harry Korman to Retire at the End of Their Current Terms PITTSBURGH, May 5, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Viatris Inc. (Nasdaq: VTRS), a
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[{"type":"text","content":"Directors Rajiv Malik and Harry Korman to Retire at the End of Their Current Terms \nPITTSBURGH, May 5, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Viatris Inc. (Nasdaq: VTRS), a global healthcare company, today announced that as part of its ongoing Board refreshment efforts, Frank D'Amelio and Michael Severino, M.D., have been appointed as the newest members of Viatris' Board of Directors. In addition, the Company announced that current directors, Rajiv Malik and Harry (Hal) Korman, will retire from the Board at the end of their current terms in December following the Company's 2025 Annual Meeting of Shareholders.\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \nD'Amelio is a well-respected pharmaceutical industry veteran with 20 years of experience as a public company CFO, most recently serving as Executive Vice President & CFO at Pfizer. During his 15-year tenure as Pfizer CFO, he was responsible for all corporate finance functions, including audit, treasury, tax, investor relations, insurance, financial planning, corporate controllership, business finance and analytics, as well as business operations, which included IT, procurement, real estate and business development. In addition, from 2018 to 2021, including during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, he also served as Executive Vice President of Global Supply.\nPrior to his time at Pfizer, D'Amelio held various roles of increasing responsibility at Alcatel-Lucent, S.A. and its predecessor, Lucent Technologies, including as Chief Operating Officer, Chief Financial Officer, and Chief Administrative Officer, as well as at AT&T, Inc. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of Humana Inc., Zoetis Inc., Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company, Sail Biomedicines, Inc. and EntityRisk, Inc. In addition, he is a Strategic Advisor for Formation Bio. D'Amelio earned his MBA from St. John's University and his bachelor's degree in accounting from St. Peter's University.\nSeverino is a highly experienced corporate executive and drug developer, currently serving as Chief Executive Officer of Tessera Therapeutics, Inc. and CEO-Partner of Flagship Pioneering, positions he has held since 2022. Prior to that, he served as Vice Chairman and President of AbbVie Inc., as well as AbbVie's Executive Vice President, Research & Development, and its Chief Scientific Officer. He also spent 10 years at Amgen Inc., serving in a variety of leader...