Biography

David J. Williams
Former Chairman and CEO, Sanofi Pasteur

DAVID WILLIAMS retired in 2008 as Chairman & CEO of Sanofi Pasteur, the vaccines business of the Sanofi-Aventis Group. His leadership moved the company from a niche vaccine business to the global leader in vaccine development, production and sales, with revenues of more than $6 billion in 2007. Under his guidance, more than a billion doses of lifesaving vaccines were administered to more than 500 million people around the world each year, representing more than 25% of the global vaccine market. During his tenure the company licensed more than 30 new vaccines and launched hundreds of business development deals.

Mr. Williams serves on the Board of Directors of the Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO), Blue Cross of Northeastern Pennsylvania and the Hospital Service Association of Northeastern Pennsylvania. He is a member of the Board of Regents of the University of Scranton. He is also one of the founding Board Members of the Medical Education Development Consortium, which is creating the first and only medical college in northeastern Pennsylvania.

Previously, Mr. Williams was a founding member of the Partnership for Prevention, a leading organization of public and private sector representatives who focus on preventive health care policies. He served as the first liaison member of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which sets immunization policy in the United States. He served on a number of corporate boards, the board of the International AIDS Trust and also led the Vaccine Policy Working Group of PhRMA, the U.S. pharmaceutical industry's trade association.