Simon is an Executive Director Global Strategic Alliance Management, Novartis. He has more than 20 years of pharmaceutical industry experience including Technical Operations, Research and Development and Business Development & Licensing. Simon earned his Bachelor of Science and Doctor of Philosophy from the John Moores University Liverpool England. He is a member of the Member of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain and has served as an adjunct Professor at the Universities of Rutgers and Purdue. Simons’ BD&L experience includes divestiture, partnering and alliance management. Simon has worked in an alliance leadership role for the past ten years on several key international collaborations spanning preclinical through research and into post-launch in arthritis, bone, cardiovascular, CNS, urology and oncology.