Srikant Datar - Novartis Non-Executive Independent Director

Mr. Srikant M. Datar, Ph.D., has served as NonExecutive Independent Director of Novartis Inc. since 2003. He is Chairman of the Risk Committee, as well as Member of the Audit and Compliance Committee and the Compensation Committee. The Board of Directors has appointed him as Audit Committee Financial Expert. Since 1996, Mr. Datar was the Arthur Lowes Dickinson professor of business administration at Harvard Business School in the United States. Additionally, since 2015, he was faculty chair of the Harvard Innovation Lab and senior associate dean for university affairs at Harvard Business School. He is a member of the boards of directors of ICF International Inc., Stryker Corporationration and TMobile US. He previously served on the boards of HCL Technologies Ltd. and KPIT Cummins Infosystems Ltd, both based in India. Mr. Datar graduated in 1973 with distinction in mathematics and economics from the University of Bombay in India. He is a chartered accountant, and holds two masters degrees and a doctorate from Stanford University. Mr. Datar has worked as an accountant and planner in industry, and as a professor at Carnegie Mellon University, Stanford University and Harvard University, all in the US. His research interests are in the areas of cost management, measurement of productivity, new product development, innovation, timebased competition, incentives and performance evaluation. He is the author of many scientific publications and has received several academic awards and honors. Mr. Datar has also advised and worked with numerous companies in research, development and training. since 2003.