Arthur J. Higgins
Chairman of the Executive Board
Arthur J. Higgins is Chairman of the Board of Management of Bayer Schering Pharma AG. Arthur J. Higgins has been Chairman of the Bayer HealthCare Executive Committee since July 1, 2004 and, since January 1, 2006, Chairman of the Board of Management of Bayer HealthCare AG.
He takes on the aforementioned functions in addition to his current duties.
Career
Arthur J. Higgins was born on March 6, 1956 in Airdrie, Scotland. He studied at Scotland's Strathclyde University from 1974 to 1978, where he gained a Bachelor of Science (BSc) in biochemistry.
Arthur J. Higgins started his career in 1978 in Britain with Bristol-Myers. He subsequently worked for Sandoz (1979 to 1984) and Fisons (1984 to 1987) before moving to Abbott Laboratories in the USA (1987 to 2001), where he held positions of increasing responsibility in the international and domestic divisions, including a two-year posting in Germany. He was appointed President of the Pharmaceutical Products Division in Chicago in 1998. In this position, he was in charge of Abbott’s pharmaceuticals business in the United States with responsibility for global pharmaceutical research and development.
In 2001, Arthur J. Higgins was appointed Chairman and CEO of Enzon Pharmaceuticals headquartered in Bridgewater, New Jersey. In this function, he also served as Chairman of the Biotech Council of New Jersey and on the board of the USA's National Pharmaceutical Council.
Higgins represents Bayer in the Executive Committee of the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA), and is also a member of the Council of the International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers and Associations (IFPMA).
