Heal quits Pru for US genetics firm_2
7 September 2012
Clive Heal has been appointed senior director of global procurement at Genentech, a leading American gene research and biotechnology company.
Heal moves from insurance company Prudential, where he has been head of group procurement for the past three years.
He was headhunted and chosen above many US professionals for the prestigious job, based in San Francisco.
Genentech has 5,000 employees and Heal will be responsible for a purchasing budget of around $1 billion, for indirect and direct...