Mike Exton

Mike is a distinguished commercial leader with more than 15 years’ experience in pharmaceuticals and biotechnology.

He has a wide spectrum of professional experience from R&D, medical affairs, process improvement and commercial functions. He has worked in Europe, Australia, Asia, and the US. 

Mike assumed leadership of Novartis’ cardiovascular business in the United States in January 2018, managing a Franchise with approximately 1200 sales professionals. He has a strong interest in performance optimisation of these associates, and particularly the use of digital technology to achieve these ends. Prior to arriving in the US Mike was the Managing Director of Novartis Corporation in Taiwan.   

Mike completed his PhD in Neuroscience from the University of Newcastle, Australia and Professorial thesis in Immunology at the University of Essen, Germany. Prior to entering the industry he spent six years in that Germany, initially as an Alexander von Humboldt Scholar.