Sir Andrew Witty

CEO, GSK

Sir Andrew Witty has worked for pharmaceutical company GSK for more than 30 years, joining as a management trainee in 1985 and moving through roles in the UK and Africa to become chief executive in 2008. Witty now faces the challenge of reviving GSK's fortunes following bribery scandals and declining profits. He has responded to charges relating to the illegal promotion of drugs at GSK by changing the way sales reps are compensated, based on service and technical knowledge rather than the number of prescriptions they secure, and is also tapping new healthcare demands from emerging economies such as Brazil and China. Witty has pledged to make medicines more affordable in poorer countries while pooling certain patents, making them freely available in the search for new drugs. He studied at the University of Nottingham and was named as its chancellor in 2013.

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