Giacomo di Nepi

Giacomo was Executive Vice President and Managing Director for InterMune in Europe, where he built the European organization and led the launch of Esbriet®, one of the most successful orphan drug launches in Europe. From 2006 to 2008, Giacomo was CEO of Takeda Pharmaceuticals, Europe. Between 1996 and 2006, he held various roles with Novartis, most recently as a member of the Pharma Executive Committee and Global Head of the Transplantation, Immunology and Infectious Diseases Business Unit after being CEO of Novartis Italy. Giacomo had been a Partner with McKinsey & Co. and he served as Vice President of Farmindustria, the Italian Industry Association, and as a member of the EFPIA Heads of Europe Committee. Giacomo holds a degree in Economics from Bocconi University, Milan, and an MBA from INSEAD, Fontainebleau.