SPONSORS

Patron:         JEAN STEPHENNE, PRESIDENT & GENERAL MANAGER

 

           
 Jean Stephenne has overseen GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals (the company's vaccines business) since 1991, serving as Vice President and General Manager, then Senior Vice President and General Manager, until his appointment as President and General Manager in 1998.

Prior to this, he was Vice President of Human Vaccines Research and Development and Production from 1988 to 1991. Jean Stephenne joined the company in 1974 as head of bacterial and viral vaccines production, becoming Vaccine Production Director in 1980. He served in a variety of capacities as Vaccine Plant Director and R&D Director from 1981 to 1991.

Jean received an Engineer in Chemistry and Bio-industries degree from the University of Gembloux, Belgium, in 1972 and also a degree in Management from the University of Louvain, Belgium. He has served as President of the Union of French Speaking Companies (1998-2000), is a member of the European Association of Vaccines Producers, and a member of the Management Committee of the Belgian Companies Federation. He is also a member of the Board of several Belgian companies.