Posted on May 10 2010
“‘A dapper, 50-year-old Californian, his determined walk, purposeful air and invariably clean-cut appearance matches his straightforward personal style. ‘He’s extremely direct and no-nonsense, very open and a very good listener and communicator,’ says Andy Wyss, recently appointed head of Novartis’s big North American operations.” Profile of the fly fisher and former Stanford swim team captain, now head of Novartis, by Haig Simonian in London’s Financial Times.