Item 3. Legal Proceedings
Item 3. Legal Proceedings.
The information called for by this Item is incorporated herein by reference to Item 8. “Financial Statements and Supplementary Data,” Note 11. “Contingencies and Environmental Liabilities”.
Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures.
Not Applicable.
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Executive Officers of the Registrant (ages as of February 1, 2024)
All officers listed below serve at the pleasure of the Board of Directors. None of these officers was elected pursuant to any arrangement or understanding between the officer and any other person(s).
Name Age Offices and Business Experience
Robert M. Davis 57 Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President (since December 2022); Chief Executive Officer and President (July 2021-December 2022); Executive Vice President, Global Services, and Chief Financial Officer (April 2016-July 2021)
Sanat Chattopadhyay 64 Executive Vice President and President, Merck Manufacturing Division (since March 2016)
Richard R. DeLuca, Jr. 61 Executive Vice President and President, Merck Animal Health (since September 2011)
Cristal Downing 55 Executive Vice President and Chief Communications & Public Affairs Officer (since August 2021); Prior to that, Vice President Medical Devices, Global Communications and Public Affairs Johnson & Johnson (December 2020-August 2021); Vice President Financial Communication, Johnson & Johnson (January 2018-December 2020)
Chirfi Guindo 58 Senior Vice President, Chief Marketing Officer, Human Health (since July 2022); Prior to that, Executive Vice President, Head of Global Product Strategy and Commercialization, Biogen Inc. (July 2018-July 2022)
Michael A. Klobuchar 48 Executive Vice President, Chief Strategy Officer (since July 2021); Senior Vice President, CFO of Merck R&D and Head of Global Portfolio and Alliance Management (January 2019-June 2021)
Dean Li 61 Executive Vice President, President, Merck Research Laboratories (since January 2021); Senior Vice President, Discovery Sciences and Translational Medicine, Merck Research Laboratories (November 2017-January 2021)
Caroline Litchfield 55 Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (since April 2021); Senior Vice President, Corporate Treasurer (January 2018-March 2021)
Steven C. Mizell
63 Executive Vice President, Chief Human Resources Officer (since October 2018)
Johannes J. Oosthuizen
56 Senior Vice President and President Merck U.S. Human Health (since January 2022); Senior Vice President and Head of Global Oncology Commercial (January 2021-December 2021); Senior Vice President and President of MSD K.K. (July 2016-December 2020)
Joseph Romanelli 50 Senior Vice President and President MSD International Human Health (since July 2022); Prior to that, Chief Executive Officer JiXing Pharmaceuticals (July 2021-July 2022); President MSD China (December 2016-July 2021)
Dalton Smart
57 Senior Vice President Finance – Global Controller (since December 2023); Vice President, Assistant Controller (September 2023-December 2023); Vice President, Internal Audit (March 2015-September 2023)
David M. Williams 55 Executive Vice President, Chief Information and Digital Officer (since August 2020); Acting Chief Information and Digital Officer (December 2019-August 2020); Vice President and Chief Information Officer, Merck Animal Health (May 2017-December 2019)
Jennifer Zachary 46 Executive Vice President and General Counsel (since April 2018)
On February 1, 2024, the Company announced that Steven C. Mizell, chief human resources officer, will retire from the Company, effective July 1 , 2024. On February 5, 2024, the Company announced that Ms. Betty D. Larson will join the Company and assume the role as chief human resources officer, effective at the beginning of April 2024, at which time Ms. Larson will become, and Mr. Mizell will cease to be, an Executive Officer of the Company. Mr. Mizell will remain in a strategic advisory role at the Company until his retirement.
Name
Age
Offices and Business Experience
Betty D. Larson
48 Chief People Officer, GE HealthCare (since February 2022); Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer, Becton Dickinson (June 2018-February 2022)
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