Meryl Zausner

Chief Financial Officer of Novartis Corporation and a member of the company's Executive Committee. Ms. Zausner has worked in the Consumer Products and Pharmaceutical industries for 27 years. Previously, she was Vice President and CFO of Novartis Oncology. In addition to her responsibilities as CFO, Ms. Zausner chaired the Novartis Pharmaceuticals 2006 & 2007 Global Diversity Council, of which she was a founding member. She was also a founding member of the U.S. EWIN (Empowering Women to Impact Novartis) Initiative. In 2007, she was named Healthcare Businesswomen Association's Woman of the Year. Before joining Novartis, Ms. Zausner held a variety of positions with the Colgate Palmolive Company and spent three years working in Public Accounting. She has degrees in Economics and Accounting from the University at Albany as well as her CPA in New York.