Etienne Jornod
Etienne Jean Jornod is a Swiss entrepreneur and manager. He is Chairman of the Board of Directors of the pharmaceutical and logistics group Galenica and the NZZ Mediengruppe.Life
Etienne Jornod grew up in Neuchâtel as the eldest of six children in a family of doctors and completed an apprenticeship as a pharmacist in Biel. He studied business administration at the HEC Lausanne and graduated with a licentiate. He continued his studies at the Stanford University in the United States.
In 1975, he joined Galenica as a Junior Product Manager, leaving the company in 1978 to study business administration. He then returned to the company in 1981 as Assistant to the Directorate General. He has been a member of the Directorate General since 1989, and from 1996 to 2011, he led Galencia‘s dual mandate as President and Delegate of the Board of Directors. Since 2012, he has been executive chairman of the board.
Since April 2013, he is also Chairman of the Board of the NZZ-Mediengruppe. He succeeded Franz Steinegger, who had retired from the board after reaching the age for retirement.
Etienne Jornod holds other directorships, including President of Vifor Pharma AG and Vifor Fresenius Medical Care Renal Pharma AG, as well as a member of the Vaudoise Insurance Group. From 2008 to 2009 he was a member of the board of Publigroupe. He was also a directorial member of Alliance Boots.
Etienne Jornod is in his second marriage, father of four children, two of them from his first marriage. He lives in Muri bei Bern.
