FILE PHOTO: Pfizer Chief Executive Ian Read leaves after appearing at a commons science committee hearing at Portcullis House in London May 14, 2014. REUTERS/Luke MacGregor
September 27, 2019
(Reuters) – Pfizer Inc <PFE.N> said on Friday Ian Read will retire as executive chairman at the end of this year, ending a four-decade association with the largest U.S. drugmaker.
Read served as the chief executive officer before handing over the reins to Albert Bourla last October.
Bourla will assume the additional role of chairman, the company said.
(Reporting by Manojna Maddipatla in Bengaluru; Editing by Sriraj Kalluvila)
