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Jean-pierre Garnier , Ph.D., has been chief executive officer and executive member of the board of directors of GlaxoSmithKline plc since 2000. Dr. Garnier served as chief executive officer of SmithKline Beecham plc in 2000 and as chief operating officer and executive member of the board of directors from 1996 to 2000. He was chairman, pharmaceuticals from 1994 to 1995. Dr. Garnier is a director of the Committee to Encourage Corporate Philanthropy and the Eisenhower Exchange Fellowships. He received France's Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur and, in 2005, was presented the Global Business Leadership Award from Stanford Business School, honored by the Children's Health Fund in New York, and awarded the Global Corporate Citizenship Award from the African Medical and Research Foundation. He has been a UTC director since 1997. | 