Lundbeck announces changes to Executive Management
Valby, Denmark, November 29, 2021 - H. Lundbeck A/S (Lundbeck) announces that Jacob Tolstrup, Executive Vice President for Commercial Operations, is promoted to Chief Commercial Officer, effective 1 January 2022. Jacob will be responsible for sales and marketing across all Lundbeck affiliates worldwide.
Peter Anastasiou, Executive Vice President for North America, has decided to leave Lundbeck at the end of the year for another career opportunity that will be announced in the near future.
“I am pleased that we have internal talent to step up to the Chief Commercial Officer role. We will immediately benefit from Jacob’s in-depth knowledge of Lundbeck and extensive experience in global markets. Consolidating all our affiliates into one organization will enable us to seamlessly coordinate across our markets as we forge ahead with executing our strategy. I would like to take this opportunity to thank Peter for his many years of service to Lundbeck and to our patients. He has been an asset to our leadership team, instrumental in growing North America and he departs us with our North America business in a position of strength. I wish him every success in his future endeavors,” said Deborah Dunsire, CEO of Lundbeck.
Jacob Tolstrup has been with Lundbeck for over 20 years and has held a variety of roles and management positions across the company. He has been a member of the Executive Management team at Lundbeck since 2012. During his career, Jacob spent 4 years in the United States including a period as Head of Finance between 2010-2012. Since 2017, Jacob has been Executive Vice President, Head of Commercial Operations, which includes Global Strategic Marketing and all markets outside of North America (Europe and International Markets).
Jacob holds a Master of Science in Business Administration and Commercial Law as well as an MBA. He also serves as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Pharmacosmos A/S.
As of January 2022, the Executive Board will consist of:
• Deborah Dunsire, President and CEO
• Anders Götzsche, Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
• Johan Luthman, Executive Vice President. Head of R&D
• Jacob Tolstrup, Executive Vice President, Chief Commercial Officer
• Lars Bang, Executive Vice President, Product Development & Supply
• Keld Flintholm Jørgensen, Executive Vice President, Strategy & Business Development
• Elise Hauge, Executive Vice President, People & Communication
Lundbeck contacts
| Investors: | Media: |
| Palle Holm Olesen | Thomas Mikkel Mortensen |
| Vice President, Investor Relations | Media Relations Lead, Corp. Communication |
| [email protected] | THMR@lundbeck.com |
| +45 30 83 24 26 | +45 30 83 30 24 |
About H. Lundbeck A/S
Lundbeck is a global pharmaceutical company specialized in brain diseases. For more than 70 years, we have been at the forefront of neuroscience research. We are tirelessly dedicated to restoring brain health, so every person can be their best. We are committed to fighting stigma and discrimination against people living with brain diseases and advocating for broader social acceptance of people with brain health conditions. Our research programs tackle some of the most complex challenges in neuroscience, and our pipeline is focused on bringing forward transformative treatments for brain diseases for which there are few, if any therapeutic options.
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