EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

Richard T. Clark
Chairman, president and chief executive officer

  • Chairman, president and CEO, Merck & Co., Inc., 2007
  • CEO and president, Merck & Co., Inc., 2005
  • President, Merck Manufacturing Division, 2003-2005
  • Chairman, president and CEO, Medco Health Solutions, Inc. (formerly Merck-Medco Managed Care, LLC), 2003

Stanley F. Barshay
Executive vice president and president,
Consumer Health Care

  • Chairman, Consumer Health Care, Schering-Plough Corporation, 2003-2009

Richard S. Bowles III, Ph.D.
Executive vice president and chief compliance officer

  • Senior vice president, Global Quality Operations, Schering-Plough Corporation, March 2001-2009
  • Senior vice president, worldwide quality, Schering-Plough Corporation, March 2001
  • Vice president, pharmaceutical manufacturing, Schering-Plough Corporation, January-March 2001

Willie A. Deese
Executive vice president and president,
Merck Manufacturing Division

  • Executive vice president and president, Merck Manufacturing Division, 2008
  • President, Merck Manufacturing Division, 2005-2007
  • Senior vice president, Global Procurement, Merck & Co., Inc., 2004-2005

Kenneth C. Frazier
Executive vice president and president,
Global Human Health

  • Executive vice president and president, Global Human Health, Merck & Co., Inc., 2007
  • Executive vice president and general counsel, Merck & Co., Inc., 2006-2007
  • Senior vice president and general counsel, Merck & Co., Inc., 1999-2006

Mirian M. Graddick-Weir
Executive vice president, Human Resources

  • Executive vice president, Human Resources, Merck & Co., Inc., 2008
  • Senior vice president, Human Resources, Merck & Co., Inc., 2006-2007

Peter N. Kellogg
Executive vice president and chief financial officer

  • Executive vice president and chief financial officer, Merck & Co., Inc., 2007

Peter S. Kim, Ph.D.
Executive vice president and president,
Merck Research Laboratories

  • Executive vice president and president, Merck Research Laboratories, 2008
  • President, Merck Research Laboratories, 2003
  • Executive vice president, Research and Development, Merck Research Laboratories, 2001-2002

Raul E. Kohan
Executive vice president and president,
Animal Health

  • Senior vice president and president, Global Animal Health, 2007
  • Group head, Global Specialty Operations, and president, Animal Health, 2003

Bruce N. Kuhlik
Executive vice president and general counsel

  • Executive vice president and general counsel, Merck & Co., Inc., 2008
  • Vice president and associate general counsel, Merck & Co. Inc., 2005-2007

J. Chris Scalet
Executive vice president, Global Services, and
chief information officer

  • Executive vice president, Global Services, and chief information officer, Merck & Co., Inc., 2008
  • Senior vice president, Global Services, and chief information officer, Merck & Co., Inc., 2006-2007
  • Senior vice president, Information Services, and chief information officer, Merck & Co., Inc., 2003-2005

Mervyn Turner, Ph.D.
Chief strategy officer and senior vice president,
Emerging Markets R&D, Merck Research Laboratories

  • Chief strategy officer, Merck & Co., Inc., and senior vice president, Worldwide Licensing and External Research, Merck Research Laboratories, 2008
  • Senior vice president, Worldwide Licensing and External Research, Merck & Co., Inc., 2002-2008
  • Senior vice president, Merck Frosst Centre for Therapeutic Research, Merck & Co., Inc., 1999-2002

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