Christian Diehl

Supervisory Board Member

Christian Diehl
  • Year of birth 1975
  • Nationality German
  • Place of residence Bad Krozingen, Germany
  • Initial appointment 2024
  • End of current period 2025

Professional Development

Since 2024 Senior Vice President, Global Head of data42 R&D data lake, Member of the Biomedical Research Executive Committee, Novartis Pharma AG, Basel, Switzerland

2021 - 2023 Senior Vice President, Enterprise projects – CEO Office (led the Sandoz Spin-off), Novartis, Basel, Switzerland

2019 - 2021 Vice President, Head Operations & Partnerships data42 R&D data lake, Novartis, Basel, Switzerland

2018 - 2019 Vice President Corporate Finance, Enterprise projects (led the Alcon Spin-off), Novartis, Basel, Switzerland

2016 - 2018 Strategic Assistant to Head Global Drug Development & Chief Medical Officer (led the development transformation), Novartis, Basel, Switzerland

2014 - 2016 Region Head Asia-Pacific, Biopharmaceuticals & Oncology Injectables, Sandoz – at the time a Novartis Division, Singapore, Singapore

2012 - 2014 Head of Strategic Planning, Biopharmaceuticals & Oncology Injectables, Sandoz – at the time a Novartis Division, Holzkirchen, Germany

2009 - 2012 Engagement Manager, EMEA Operations Practice, McKinsey & Company, Munich, Germany

2002 - 2008 Various roles in Finance, Operations and Commercial Management, Unilever Germany/Unilever Supply Chain Company, Switzerland

Education

2017 - 2019 Diploma of Advanced Studies Pharmaceutical Medicine, European Center of Pharmaceutical Medicine, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland

2008 MBA with distinction, Insead, Fontainebleau, France

1996 - 2001 Diploma Industrial Engineering & Management, Karlsruhe Institut of Technology (KIT), Karlsruhe, Germany