Sven Hauptmann, PhD F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd.

Sven is the Global Head of the Drug Product Manufacturing Unit of Roche Pharma. In this role, he is accountable for all drug product manufacturing and packaging operations performed within the company and by external partners. Sven has been with Roche since January 1997, holding various roles of increasing responsibility with Roche in Mannheim, Germany, before moving to Basel, Switzerland in 2002, Boulder, Colorado, in 2008, Clarecastle, Ireland in 2010 and back to Basel, Switzerland in 2012. His experience covers supply chain management, finance, project management, strategy and planning, as well as site management. Sven holds a PhD in Chemistry from the Technical University Darmstadt, and an MBA from Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois.