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Management team

Ornella Barra*
Chief Executive, Pharmaceutical Wholesale Division, Alliance Boots
Abbas Terki Bashir
Managing Director, Hydrapharm
Eugen Banciu
General Manager, Farmexpert
Eric Blondeau
Managing Director, Alliance Healthcare Russia
Nuri Bukyumirza
Regional Finance Director, Alliance Healthcare Division
Marco Capitani*
Regional Director - Eastern Europe, Alliance Healthcare Division
Robert Crockart
European Contract Sales Director, Alliance Healthcare Division
Torvald de Coverly Veale
International Brands Development Director
Micheal Deeter
Regional Finance Director, Alliance Healthcare Division
Bulent Denkdemir*
General Manager, Hedef Alliance
Stefano Dessena
Managing Director, Alliance Healthcare Spain
John Donovan*
Managing Director - AUIT and Director Group Medical Buying
Richard Ellis
Director of Corporate Social Responsibility, Alliance Boots
Gordon Farquhar
Managing Director, Boots International
Joaquim Fausto Ferreira*
Managing Director, Alliance Healthcare France
Tony Foreman*
Commercial Director and CEO Almus Pharmaceuticals, Alliance Healthcare Division
Mohamed Galal
Managing Director, UCP
Fritz Horlacher
Regional Director of Asia, Alliance Healthcare Division
Elisabeth Hunter
Managing Director, Alliance Boots Norwegian Businesses
Riccardo Iacometti
Managing Director, Alliance Healthcare Italy
John Kallend*
Director of Manufacturer Relations, Alliance Healthcare Division
Tricia Kennerley
Healthcare Public Affairs Director, Alliance Boots
Eddie Lawson
Legal General Counsel, Alliance Healthcare Division
Steve Lloyd
Managing Director, Boots Retail USA
Jeremy Main*
Managing Director, Alliance Healthcare (Distribution) ltd. (UK)
Arvid Manneke*
Country Managing Director, Alliance Healthcare Netherlands
Fernando Melo
Managing Director, Alliance Healthcare Portugal
Remigijus Mielinis
General Manager, JSC Armilla
Francisco Munoz
Managing Director, Alloga France and Pre-wholesale Director Europe
Branko Parag
Managing Director, Oktal Pharma d.o.o
Pierre Perichon
Director of Marketing, Alliance Healthcare Division
Sergey Perminov
Non Executive Chairman, Alliance Healthcare Russia
Anthony Roberts*
Director of Operations, IT and Healthcare Solutions, Alliance Healthcare Division
Steve Roberts*
Director of Finance Wholesale and Commercial Affairs, Alliance Healthcare Division
Jan Rohrbacher
Managing Director, Alliance Healthcare Czech Republic
Yves Romestan*
Director of Group and Alliance Healthcare Division Communications
Ethem Sancak
Managing Director, Hedef Alliance
Terry Scicluna*
Managing Director International
Joaquim Simoes
Operations Director, Alliance Healthcare Division
Carmelo Spinella*
Director of Human Resources, Alliance Healthcare Division
Tomek Staszelis
IT Director, Alliance Healthcare Division
Dean Thompson
Managing Director, Boots Thailand
Dr. Thomas Trümper*
CEO, Andreae-Noris Zahn AG
Jinghui Yu
President, Guangzhou Pharmaceuticals Corporation
Francesco Zagarese
Chief Financial Officer, Alliance Healthcare Italy

* Operating Committee Members

Ornella Barra

Chief Executive, Pharmaceutical Wholesale Division, Alliance Boots


As Chief Executive of the Pharmaceutical Wholesale Division, Alliance Boots, Ornella Barra is responsible for the strategy and management of the Alliance Healthcare Division including overseeing the businesses, international wholesaling, pre-wholesaling, retailing (excluding UK and Ireland) and brand development at worldwide level. She is the founder and leader of the European Pharmacists Forum (EPF); and Member of both the Board of Directors and the Executive Committee of Alliance Boots.

Past President of ADF (the Italian association of pharmaceutical wholesalers); Member of IFPW (International Federation of Pharmaceutical Wholesalers) Board; Member of the board of ECR Europe (Efficient Consumer Response); Member of the Board of BITC (Business in the Community).

Ornella Barra was appointed Chief Executive of the Pharmaceutical Wholesale Division in January 2009.

She is a pharmacist and an Honorary Professor at the University of Nottingham's School of Pharmacy.