François Garnier To GC At Ipsen Group

François Garnier has been appointed Executive Vice President, General Counsel for the Ipsen Group. Garnier succeeds to Nathalie Joannes who wishes to give a new direction to her career. Previously, François Garnier was International Chief Counsel (outside the US) of Pfizer Inc. since January 2014. He joined Pfizer France, in April 2003, as Vice President, General Counsel before moving on to become Chief Counsel for Pfizer’s operations in Europe in January 2009, a position he held until January 2014. Garnier began his career in March 1989 at Servier S.A. as International Contracts Manager and remained with the firm until September 1995. He then moved to Rhône Poulenc Rorer S.A. to take up the position of Counsel for Corporate Transactions. In May 1996, he moved to the United States as Associate Counsel, before being appointed Chief Counsel for France in May 1999. François Garnier continued his career as Chief Counsel at Aventis Animal Nutrition until September 2001, when he joined the Pharmacia Group as Chief Counsel for Europe.