Simon Bedson — Senior Vice President and General Manager of International Commercial Operations at Vertex Pharmaceuticals

Mr. Simon Bedson serves as Senior Vice President and General Manager of International Commercial Operations at Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated. Mr. Bedson joined Vertex in 2011 and leads Vertex's global expansion. He oversees global commercial activities outside of North America, which have included the establishment of the Vertex Pharmaceuticals first international headquarters in Switzerland as well as commercial offices and operations in Australia, the UK and Republic of Ireland, France, Germany, Benelux, Spain, Italy and other countries. Mr. Bedson has three decades of pharmaceutical and biotech industry experience. He served as Vice President and General Manager of Europe and Australia at Gilead, where he led the country operations across nine affiliate markets over a three-year period. Mr. Bedson served for 10 years at Amgen, including four at the U.S. headquarters, in a variety of leadership roles. Mr. Bedson has a B.Sc. in Biology from University College London and an M.B.A. from Ashridge Management College in the UK.