Catalent announces Lead Independent Director Marty Carroll as next Chair of its Board of Directors

– USA, NJ –  Catalent, Inc. (NYSE: CTLT) today announced the nomination of current board member and lead independent director Marty Carroll to succeed John Chiminski as Chair of the Board of Directors when he will retire on June 30, 2023,

Rolf Classon will also retire from the Board at the next AGM in October 2023 as Peter Zippelius will retire from the Board at the end of January 2023.

About Marty Carroll

Mr. Carroll has served on Catalent’s board since July 2015 and has been its lead independent director since October 2021. Before that, he served as president and CEO of Boehringer Ingelheim Corporation and of Boehringer Pharmaceuticals, Inc. from 2003 until 2011 and as head, of corporate strategy and development of Boehringer Ingelheim GmbH from 2012 until his retirement in 2013. In addition, he served as a director of Boehringer Ingelheim Corporation from 2003 until December 2012. Before that, Mr. Carroll worked at Merck & Company, Inc. for over 25 years. Mr. Carroll has been chairperson of the board of directors of Esperion Therapeutics since June 2022. He has also served as a director of numerous other life sciences companies, including Durata Therapeutics, Inc., Vivus, Inc., Therapeutics MD, Mallinckrodt plc, and Inotek.

Marty Carroll said, “I appreciate our board’s confidence in me, and I am excited to continue working with Alessandro, the leadership team, and our directors to further optimize our core businesses and continue to build a uniquely positioned platform for long-term growth and value-creation. These changes represent Catalent’s commitment to ongoing board refreshment, and I am confident that the company has the right teams in place to execute our strategic objectives while enhancing value for our shareholders.”

About Catalent

Catalent is the global leader in enabling pharma, biotech, and consumer health partners to optimize product development, launch, and total life-cycle supply for patients around the world. With the broad and deep scale and expertise in development sciences, delivery technologies, and multi-modality manufacturing, Catalent is a preferred industry partner for personalized medicines, consumer health brand extensions, and blockbuster drugs. Catalent helps accelerate over 1,000 partner programs and launch over 150 new products yearly. Its flexible manufacturing platforms at over 50 global sites supply around 80 billion doses of nearly 8,000 products annually. Catalent’s expert workforce of approximately 18,000 includes more than 3,000 scientists and technicians. Headquartered in Somerset, New Jersey, the company generated nearly $5 billion in revenue in its 2022 fiscal year.

For more information: https://www.catalent.com/

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