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Ebadollahi leaving Novartis as chief data and AI officer

Plus: Rouxel named CFO at Evotec, and updates from DLA Piper, 10 Downing Street, Larimar and more

February 8, 2023 12:49 AM UTC

Shahram Ebadollahi announced on LinkedIn that he is stepping down as the chief data and AI officer of  Novartis AG (SIX:NOVN; NYSE:NVS). Ebadollahi joined the company in 2018 as global head of data science and AI. Ebadollahi’s announcement comes a day after Novartis Global Head of AI Innovation Lab Iya Khalil said she is leaving for an opportunity at Merck & Co. Inc. (NYSE:MRK). 

Evotec SE (Xetra:EVT; NASDAQ:EVO) hired Laetitia Rouxel as CFO and board member, effective April 1. Rouxel will succeed Enno Spillner, who is leaving to pursue new opportunties. Rouxel was CFO at Coty Inc., and held senior finance roles at Danone, Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) and Pfizer Inc. (NYSE:PFE). ...