Executive Committee

Flemming Ornskov, MD
Chief Executive Officer

Flemming assumed the position of Chief Executive Officer on April 30, 2013. He is a member of the Board of Directors and also a member of the Company’s Leadership Team.

Flemming Ornskov, MD

Flemming brings to his position his operational and medical knowledge and his extensive international, strategic and operational experience in the pharmaceutical sector.  He is Non-Executive Chairman of Evotec AG and is a former Non-Executive Director of PCI Biotech Holding ASA.

Flemming held the position of Chief Marketing Officer and Global Head, Strategic Marketing for General and Specialty Medicine at Bayer from 2010 to 2012. Prior to joining Bayer, Flemming served as Global President, Pharmaceuticals and OTC at Bausch & Lomb, Inc., from 2008 to 2010. He also served as Chairman and later as President and Chief Executive Officer of Life-Cycle Pharma A/S from 2006 to 2008, and President and Chief Executive Officer of Ikaria, Inc., from 2005 to 2006. Earlier in his pharmaceutical career he had roles of increasing responsibility at Merck & Co. Inc. and Novartis AG, following a distinguished period in hospital and academic medicine. Flemming received his MD from the University of Copenhagen, MBA from INSEAD, and Master of Public Health from Harvard University.

Graham Hetherington
Chief Financial Officer

Graham has been the Chief Financial Officer and a member of the Board since July 1, 2008. He is also a member of the Leadership Team.

Graham Hetherington

Graham brings to his position a broad range of international finance management and planning, audit, risk management and M&A experience. He was Chief Financial Officer of Bacardi in 2007 and Chief Financial Officer of Allied Domecq plc from 1999 to 2005. Graham is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants.

Tatjana May
General Counsel

Tatjana has been with Shire since May 2001. She is Shire's General Counsel and a member of Shire’s Leadership Team.

Tatjana May

Ms May was previously Assistant General Counsel at the corporate headquarters of AstraZeneca plc and prior to that she worked at the law firm Slaughter and May.

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