Gerhard Mayr

Gerhard Mayr is on the Board of Directors of GVK BIO since July 2009. He holds a Master’s degree in Chemical Engineering from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich, Switzerland and a Master of Business Administration degree from Stanford University.

In March 2004, he retired as Executive Vice President of pharmaceutical operations at Eli Lilly and Company after 32 years of service. He was responsible for global pharmaceutical operations, sales and marketing worldwide at Eli Lilly – a leading innovation driven corporation. Gerhard is a member of the Board of Union Chimique Belge (UCB) since 2005 and is serving as the Chairman there since 2012. He is also a member of the Board of Almirall SA since 2012, member of the board of the Vienna Science, Research and Technology Foundation since 2002 and a member of the board of Project Hope, USA since 2002. He is a member of the circle of patrons of INSEAD Business School since 2000.