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'''Jeff Kindler''' is the Chief Executive Officer and sits on the Board of Directors of  the global drug company [[Pfizer]]. Kindler was appointed to the position in July 2006. For the preceding four years he had been Pfizer's vice chairman and general counsel.  
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Mr. Kindler has served as a Board member of [[Intrexon]] "since November 2011. He is the Chief Executive Officer of [[Centrexion]] Corporation, a privately held clinical stage biopharmaceutical company; a Venture Partner at [[Lux Capital]], a leading venture capital firm; and a managing director at [[Starboard Capital Partners]], a private equity firm. Mr. Kindler was Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of [[Pfizer]], Inc. (NYSE:PFE), a pharmaceutical company, from 2006 until his retirement in December 2010. He joined Pfizer in 2002 as Executive Vice President and General Counsel and assumed positions of increasing responsibility until being named Chief Executive Officer in 2006. Prior to joining Pfizer, he was Chairman of Boston Market Corporation from 2000 to 2001 and President of the Partner Brands group of [[McDonald’s]] Corporation during 2001.
  
Kindler joined Pfizer in 2002 as senior vice president and general counsel and in 2004 was appointed executive vice president and general counsel. In 2005 he was again promoted, this time to vice chairman and general counsel with responsibility for the company's legal and corporate affairs divisions.
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"In addition to serving on intrexon’s Board, Mr. Kindler currently serves on the boards of [[Siga Technologies]], Inc. (Nasdaq:SIGA), a developer of novel antiviral therapeutics, [[vTV Therapeutics]] (Nasdaq:VTVT), a development-stage biopharmaceutical company, and [[Perrigo Company]] (NYSE:PRGO), a healthcare company. Mr. Kindler also serves as a board member for a number of privately held companies and for several civic, charitable, educational and other organizations. Previously, Mr. Kindler served on the board of [[Chipotle Mexican Grill]], Inc. (NYSE:CMG), a chain of Mexican restaurants, from 2012 to 2014. Mr. Kindler received a B.A. from Tufts University and a J.D. from Harvard Law School." <ref>Intrexon [https://www.dna.com/ Board], organizational web page, accessed November 15, 2019.</ref>
"He is responsible for many of the company's major corporate functions, including worldwide legal affairs, corporate and regulatory compliance, government relations, corporate communications, public policy development, corporate citizenship, global security and philanthropy," a Pfizer media release stated at the time of his appointment as CEO. [http://mediaroom.pfizer.com/index.php?s=press_releases&item=83]
 
 
 
Prior to joining Pfizer, Kindler was "chairman and chief executive officer of Boston Market Corporation, owned by [[McDonald's]], and president of Partner Brands, also owned by McDonald's. He was executive vice president, corporate relations and general counsel of McDonald's from 1997 to 2001, and from 1996 to 1997 served as that company's senior vice president and general counsel." [http://mediaroom.pfizer.com/index.php?s=press_releases&item=83]
 
  
 
"Prior to McDonald's, Mr. Kindler was vice president and senior counsel for litigation and legal policy for General Electric. A former partner at the Washington law firm of Williams & Connolly, Mr. Kindler also served as a law clerk to U.S. Supreme Court Justice William J. Brennan, Jr. and to Judge David L. Bazelon of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.," a biogrpahical note states. [http://mediaroom.pfizer.com/index.php?s=press_releases&item=83]
 
"Prior to McDonald's, Mr. Kindler was vice president and senior counsel for litigation and legal policy for General Electric. A former partner at the Washington law firm of Williams & Connolly, Mr. Kindler also served as a law clerk to U.S. Supreme Court Justice William J. Brennan, Jr. and to Judge David L. Bazelon of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.," a biogrpahical note states. [http://mediaroom.pfizer.com/index.php?s=press_releases&item=83]

Latest revision as of 14:30, 15 November 2019

Mr. Kindler has served as a Board member of Intrexon "since November 2011. He is the Chief Executive Officer of Centrexion Corporation, a privately held clinical stage biopharmaceutical company; a Venture Partner at Lux Capital, a leading venture capital firm; and a managing director at Starboard Capital Partners, a private equity firm. Mr. Kindler was Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Pfizer, Inc. (NYSE:PFE), a pharmaceutical company, from 2006 until his retirement in December 2010. He joined Pfizer in 2002 as Executive Vice President and General Counsel and assumed positions of increasing responsibility until being named Chief Executive Officer in 2006. Prior to joining Pfizer, he was Chairman of Boston Market Corporation from 2000 to 2001 and President of the Partner Brands group of McDonald’s Corporation during 2001.

"In addition to serving on intrexon’s Board, Mr. Kindler currently serves on the boards of Siga Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq:SIGA), a developer of novel antiviral therapeutics, vTV Therapeutics (Nasdaq:VTVT), a development-stage biopharmaceutical company, and Perrigo Company (NYSE:PRGO), a healthcare company. Mr. Kindler also serves as a board member for a number of privately held companies and for several civic, charitable, educational and other organizations. Previously, Mr. Kindler served on the board of Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. (NYSE:CMG), a chain of Mexican restaurants, from 2012 to 2014. Mr. Kindler received a B.A. from Tufts University and a J.D. from Harvard Law School." [1]

"Prior to McDonald's, Mr. Kindler was vice president and senior counsel for litigation and legal policy for General Electric. A former partner at the Washington law firm of Williams & Connolly, Mr. Kindler also served as a law clerk to U.S. Supreme Court Justice William J. Brennan, Jr. and to Judge David L. Bazelon of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.," a biogrpahical note states. [1]

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  1. Intrexon Board, organizational web page, accessed November 15, 2019.
  2. Board of Directors, Partnership for New York City, accessed December 28, 2007.
  3. Directors, Lincoln Center, accessed October 2, 2009.

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