Mr. Saunders previously co-founded and served as Chairman of the Board of Vesper Healthcare Acquisitions Corp. Prior to that, he was Chairman, President and CEO of Allergan plc. until the company’s $63 billion acquisition by AbbVie Inc in 2020. Before that, he was President and CEO and a director of Forest Laboratories Inc., until that company’s $25 billion merger with Actavis plc. in 2014, when he was named CEO of the combined business. He then successfully led Actavis’ $66 billion acquisition of Allergan.
Mr. Saunders’ first role as an executive officer in the pharmaceuticals and health care space was as a member of the executive management team at Schering-Plough Corporation. While there, he led the integration of Organon Biosciences N.V., after Organon was acquired by Schering-Plough, as well as the merger between Schering-Plough and Merck & Co., Inc.
Earlier in his career, Mr. Saunders was a Partner and Head of Compliance Business Advisory at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. Prior to that, he was Chief Risk Officer at Coventry Health Care, Inc., Senior Vice President of Compliance, Legal and Regulatory at Home Care Corporation of America, and Chief Compliance Officer for the Thomas Jefferson University Health System.
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