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  Management and Directors

Hovione is an international group of companies headquartered in Loures, Portugal.

The Company was founded in 1959 by Ivan Villax, and remains an independent family concern. The Villax family and professional managers are represented on the board and in the management team. About 20% of the staff are also shareholders.


Directors of Hovione Companies

Management
Guy Villax CEO and Member of the Board.
Degree in Accounting and Financial Management.
Portuguese
Luis Gomes VP Generics Business Unit.
Degree in Chemical Engineering.
Joined Hovione in 1989.
Portuguese
Peter Villax VP Pharma Business Unit.
Degree in Economics.
Joined Hovione in 1981.
Portuguese
Dave Hoffman President of US Operations.
VP Exclusives and Particle Design Business Units.
Joined Hovione in 2000.
American
Noé Carreira VP Manufacturing.
Degree in Mechanical Engineering.
Joined Hovione in 1981.
Portuguese
Thomas Eisele General Manager R&D
Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry, University of Konstanz with an Executive MBA Equivalent for Small/Medium Sized companies from St. Gallen Business School in Switzerland.
Post-doctoral work at Nycomed in Germany.
Joined Hovione in 2008.
German
Miguel Calado Chief Financial Officer.
VP Finance.
Degree in Business Administration, Post Graduate in Finance and Marketing.
Joined Hovione in 2006.
American
Bill Heggie,

Ph.D. FRSC

 

Chief Scientific Officer.
Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry, University of Manchester. Post-doctoral work under Woodward at Harvard.
Joined Hovione in 1980.
British
Site Management
Nuno Almeida Loures Plant Manager.
Degree in Mechanical Engineering.
Joined Hovione in 2007.
Portuguese
Cláudia Ferreira TTC General Manager.
Degree in Chemical Engineering.
Joined Hovione in 1995.
Portuguese
Jorge Pastilha Macau General Manager.
Degree in Chemical Engineering.
Joined Hovione in 1994.
Portuguese
Lorcan McGarry Cork General Manager.
Degree in Chemical Engineering.
Joined Hovione in 2008.
Irish
Board of Directors
Diane Villax Co-Founder of Hovione.
Chairman of the Board.
British
Guy Villax CEO.
Degree in Accounting and Financial Management.
Portuguese
Federico G.M. Mennella B.A., cum laude, from Yale and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.
Independent Director.


 
 
 
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