Petra Laux

Head of Global Public Affairs at Novartis since 2006. Prior to that, she was Head of EU Public Affairs for the Novartis Group. She began her career with GlaxoWellcome in Hamburg as Head of Healthcare Policy Unit. She later became Director of Heatlhcare and Public Affairs at SmithKlineBeecham in Munich. Upon the merger of SmithKlineBeecham with GlaxoWellcome to form GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), she led all corporate and EU government affairs across GSK’s subsidiaries in the European Union. She joined Novartis in 2004. She holds a Ph.D. in Pharmaceutical Chemistry and a Master in Public Health from Hannover Medical School in Germany.