Philippe Fauchet

Overview

Philippe Fauchet is a graduate of HEC (Ecole des Hautes Etudes Commerciales), and also holds a law degree. After two years with a subsidiary of Renault, Philippe Fauchet joined Roussel Uclaf in 1984, and, held a number of posts in France, Japan and Korea, before becoming Vice President of the Asia-Pacific region for Hoechst Marion Roussel. He joined Sanofi in 1996, and headed up the Eastern Europe region from 1997, before becoming Vice President, Eastern Europe for Sanofi-Synthelabo in 1999. Philippe Fauchet took over as head of Sanofi-Synthelabo's Japanese operations in June 2001. He was appointed to his current position in May 2005. He is also an advisor to the French Foreign Trade Commission.