Schnee has held senior executive and board positions at a number of pharmaceutical companies, including Merck Serono, UCB and Sanofi.

Juliet Thompson, Joanna Le Couilliard, Mark Stejbach and Jerome Lande have taken board roles at the pharmaceutical firm.

The Google Health executive and former director of strategy at NHS England will start his new role at the biotechnology company in October.

Steven Baert, the group head of human resources at Novartis, explores the thinking behind culture change at the Swiss pharmaceuticals behemoth.

Smith & Nephew chief executive takes NED role at FTSE 100 pharma.