Mary Ellen Coe Elected to Merck Board of Directors
January 29, 2019 4:30 pm ET
KENILWORTH, N.J.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Merck (NYSE:MRK), known as MSD outside the United States and Canada,
today announced that Mary Ellen Coe, president, Google Customer
Solutions, at Google Inc. will join the company’s Board of Directors
effective March 18, 2019. Ms. Coe will stand for election with the
company’s other directors in connection with Merck’s Annual Meeting of
Shareholders on May 28, 2019. With the addition of Ms. Coe, the Merck
board will include 13 members.
“We are pleased to welcome such a highly respected business leader in
technology as Ms. Coe to the Merck board and look forward to benefiting
from her deep understanding of the evolving digital marketplace. As the
health care system continues to evolve, Ms. Coe’s strategic perspective
and operational expertise at one of the world’s most innovative
companies will be a significant asset to Merck,” said Kenneth C.
Frazier, chairman and chief executive officer, Merck.
Ms. Coe currently serves as president of Google Customer Solutions at
Google where she oversees the global ads business for mid-market and
small businesses, serving millions of customers and thousands of
partners worldwide. Prior to joining Google in 2012, Ms. Coe was a
principal at the global consulting firm McKinsey & Co. and a leader of
the firm’s consumer marketing and sales practice in North America.
Earlier in her career, Ms. Coe worked in product marketing, advertising
and brand strategy. Ms. Coe is a member of the advisory board of the
Ross Business School at the University of Michigan, and served on the
board of Whole Foods Market, Inc., chairing the Nominations and
Governance Committee. Ms. Coe earned her Bachelor of Arts from the
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor.
About Merck
For more than a century, Merck, a leading global biopharmaceutical
company known as MSD outside of the United States and Canada, has been
inventing for life, bringing forward medicines and vaccines for many of
the world’s most challenging diseases. Through our prescription
medicines, vaccines, biologic therapies and animal health products, we
work with customers and operate in more than 140 countries to deliver
innovative health solutions. We also demonstrate our commitment to
increasing access to health care through far-reaching policies, programs
and partnerships. Today, Merck continues to be at the forefront of
research to advance the prevention and treatment of diseases that
threaten people and communities around the world – including cancer,
cardio-metabolic diseases, emerging animal diseases, Alzheimer’s disease
and infectious diseases including HIV and Ebola. For more information,
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