Marc A. Payne

Vice President, Corporate Security & Aviation
Novartis Corporation

Marc Payne is Vice President, Corporate Security & Aviation, overseeing security operations for the Novartis Group of Companies in the United States and Canada. In this position, which he assumed in June 2009, Mr. Payne leads all security related activities (including Product Security, Investigations and Protection Services) as well as the Novartis Corporation Business Practices Office (BPO) which handles all complaints of misconduct brought against Novartis or its staff.

Prior to joining Novartis in 2005 to establish the Global Business Practices Office program in Basel, Mr. Payne worked as VP Global Security for Cable & Wireless a British based telecommunications company. Mr. Payne has 25 years of Corporate Security experience having worked in Asia, Europe and South America.