Pam Cheng — Executive Vice-President of Operations and Information Technology at Astrazeneca PLC

Ms. Pam P. Cheng has been an Executive Vice-President of Operations and Information Technology at AstraZeneca PLC since June 2015. Ms. Cheng served as President of MSD China, where Ms. Cheng covering a wide functional scope which includes commercial, R&D, manufacturing and various business support organizations. She has a wealth of experience including manufacturing & supply chain and commercial operations. She served as Senior Vice President, Global Supply Chain Management for Merck in New Jersey, with overall end-to-end supply chain oversight for its human health, vaccines and consumer care businesses globally. Before Merck, Ms. Cheng held operational roles at GAF Chemicals and UOP/ Union Carbide. Ms. Cheng is a 17-year veteran of Merck & Co. She has been a Director at Codexis, Inc. since October 30, 2014. She held various Engineering and Project Management positions at Universal Oil Products (UOP), Union Carbide Corporation and GAF Chemicals. She has extensive experience in pharmaceuticals manufacturing having spent 14 years in Global Manufacturing and Supply Chain roles at Merck/MSD. Ms. Cheng received an MBA in Marketing from Pace University in New York and her Bachelor and Masters of Chemical Engineering from the Stevens Institute of Technology in New Jersey. She has also earned Six Sigma Executive Belt Certification.