Daniele Madonna to become new Head Retail Business sector

Wednesday, 7 June 2017

As part of the IPO of Galenica on 7 April 2017, Jean-Claude Clémençon took over the role of CEO Galenica Group in addition to his post as Head Retail Business sector, as had previously been announced. The Galenica Board of Directors has now appointed Daniele Madonna to succeed him as Head Retail Business sector. Daniele Madonna, the current CEO of Coop Vitality, a joint venture between Galenica and Coop, will assume his new role during the fourth quarter of 2017 and will also become a member of the Corporate Executive Committee of the Galenica Group.

Daniele Madonna, born in 1977 in Ticino, studied pharmacy at ETH Zurich and joined the Galenica Group in 2004 as manager of the Coop Vitality pharmacy in Tenero. He later also took over responsibility for the Coop Vitality pharmacies in Ticino and Central Switzerland as regional sales manager, before concentrating solely on sales management in the Eastern and Central Switzerland and Ticino regions from 2010 onwards. In 2014, Daniele Madonna was appointed CEO of Coop Vitality, which today comprises 70 pharmacies.