John Burke Senior Vice President Head of Group Human Resources

John Burke is an Irish national and graduate of Trinity College Dublin (Economics & Business Administration). He joined Procter & Gamble International in Geneva in 1977, was appointed Group Marketing Manager in 1982.  His P&G career included assignments in Geneva, Athens, Cincinnati and Madrid. In 1986 John Burke joined RotoVision SA, an international publishing company based in Switzerland, as Commercial Director. Following a period of substantial growth over five years and subsequent sale of this enterprise, John joined IUCN - The World Conservation Union as Director of Communications and Corporate Relations. In 1996 he joined Novartis Consumer Health, initially as global Head of Human Resources & Communications. He was then appointed Global Head of the Medical Nutrition business and member of the Division Executive Committee and subsequently promoted to worldwide Head of Novartis’ Nutrition Business Unit. In 2001, he joined the Geneva-based International Federation of Red Cross & Red Crescent Societies as Director of Support Services and from May 2004 to May 2006, was named Chief Administrative Officer of the Global Fund to Fights Aids, TB and Malaria. John Burke joined the Kudelski Group in June 2006 as Senior Vice President and Head of Group Human Resources.

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