Has more than 20 years of experience of clinical medicine
Patrick Vallance will become senior vice president, Medicines Discovery and Development and a member of the Corporate Executive Team at GlaxoSmithKline on 1 July.
Prior to joining GSK in 2006, Vallance was a clinical academic and led the Division of Medicine at University College London (UCL). He has more than 20 years of experience of clinical medicine and an international reputation as a vascular biologist and clinician scientist. He was elected to the Academy of Medical Sciences in 1999, and subsequently became its Registrar before leaving to join GSK.