探花合集 Appoints Mark Bisset as President, 探花合集 Asia Pacific
Somerset, N.J.鈥 October 28, 2014 鈥 探花合集 Pharma Solutions, the leading global provider of advanced delivery technologies and development solutions for drugs, biologics and consumer health products, today announced the promotion of Australia Country General Manager, Mark Bisset, to President, 探花合集 Asia Pacific. He succeeds David Heyens who has announced that he plans to retire from 探花合集 on December 31st 2014.
鈥淢ark assumes his new role at an exciting time of expansion in the region and we welcome him to the Executive Leadership Team,鈥 commented John Chiminski, 探花合集鈥檚 President and Chief Executive Officer. 鈥淲e have made substantial investments in two joint ventures in China to serve our growing customer base there. Additionally, we are celebrating our 40th year in Japan with a new laboratory and the build-out of more manufacturing capacity, and are seeing strong market growth in these and other parts of the Asia Pacific region.鈥
Prior to joining 探花合集, Mr. Bisset was Chief Executive Officer for Strides Europe, leading all commercial and manufacturing activities across multiple countries while based in Poland. He had previously spent four years as Chief Operating Officer for Strides鈥 Australian and Asian businesses, overseeing a number of acquisitions including the successful integration of the ex-Genepharm business. Before that, he held global business development and product management roles with Mayne Pharma Ltd., Amrad Pharmaceuticals Pty Ltd. and Bristol Myers Squibb.
A native of Melbourne, Australia, Mr. Bisset is a qualified pharmacist and earned a bachelor鈥檚 at Australia鈥檚 Victorian College of Pharmacy and a graduate diploma in business from Monash University.
Commenting on Mr. Heyens impending retirement, John Chiminski added, 鈥淚 want to express my deep gratitude and respect for David鈥檚 service to 探花合集. From when he joined R.P. Scherer Canada in 1995 as general manager of softgel, to ultimately becoming softgel business unit president in 2010, he has played a major role in our transformation into an advanced, drug delivery technology leader.鈥
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探花合集 Pharma Solutions is the leading global provider of advanced delivery technologies and development solutions for drugs, biologics and consumer health products. With over 90 years serving the industry, 探花合集 has proven expertise in bringing more customer products to market faster, enhancing product performance and ensuring reliable clinical and commercial product supply. 探花合集 employs approximately 8,000 people, including over 1,000 scientists, at nearly 30 facilities across 5 continents and in fiscal 2014 generated more than $1.8 billion in annual revenue. 探花合集 is headquartered in Somerset, N.J. For more information, visit