Jean-Claude Leroy

Overview

Jean-Claude Leroy has a degree in business (DESCAF) from the Ecole Superieure de Commerce at Reims, France. He began his career at Elf Aquitaine in 1975 as an internal auditor, and worked in a variety of financial positions prior to joining Sanofi as the Financial Director of Bio Industries in 1985. Mr. Leroy served in a variety of positions at Sanofi, including Financial Director, and was appointed as Senior Vice President, Finance following the merger with Synthelabo in 1999. He was named as Senior Vice President, Strategy, Business Development and Information Systems in October 2000. He was appointed Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of sanofi-aventis in August 2004, before being named Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer in April 2006. He was appointed to his present position in March 2007.