Richard N. Kender

Richard N. Kender is an executive with over 35 years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry, most recently as Senior Vice President of Business Development and Corporate Licensing at Merck & Co., Inc. He retired from Merck in 2013. Mr. Kender joined Merck in 1978 and spent his career in various corporate roles including Accounting and Finance, Corporate Licensing and Worldwide Business Development, where he managed Merck’s Mergers and Acquisitions, Licensing transactions. He also managed the Financial Evaluation and Analysis and Global Competitive Intelligence departments. At Merck, Mr. Kender was involved in over 100 transactions of various size and types.