Merck Announces Leadership Changes in France

News Release

Molsheim, France, November 9, 2021 – Merck, a leading science and technology company, today announced the retirement of Jean-Phillipe Maurer as Head of Molsheim Operations, effective December 1. Jean-Phillipe Maurer also served as President of the Millipore S.A.S. legal entity in France.

The Molsheim site is the third largest of the 52 global sites in Merck’s Life Science business sector. The site supplies a wide range of critical products to customers developing lifesaving therapies and has just added a new production unit for single-use assemblies, the first-of-its-kind for Merck in Europe.

For the past 40 years, Jean-Phillipe Maurer held multiple roles at Merck, leading the Molsheim team to considerable growth, navigating significant changes and advancements, and playing a key role in the building of Merck’s strong reputation in the Strasbourg region and across France.

Jean-Phillipe Maurer’s responsibilities will be shared between two leaders in France:

• Romina Marcovici, current Head of Segment Intelligence and Execution covering both Research and Applied portfolios for the Life Science business sector will now serve as the Head of Molsheim Operations and Hub Leader for the Molsheim region. Marcovici, who has been with Merck since 2003, brings a wealth of expertise to this role. Prior to this, she held several leadership positions within Merck, both in France and Germany. Since 2019, Romina Marcovici has been one of the leading members of Merck’s Women in Leadership program in France. With this promotion, she becomes the first female leader of the Molsheim site in its 50-year history.
  
  Renaud Bardon, current Head of Lab Water Solutions, Applied Solutions, will assume the additional responsibility of President of Millipore S.A.S. in France and will represent the Life Science business sector on Merck’s French Country Council. Bardon joined Merck in 1995 and has held multiple leadership roles within the company.