Sanofi Names Houman Ashrafian As R&D Chief, Appoints Head of Business Operations, Chief Digital Officer

Houman Ashrafi­an, cur­rent­ly a man­ag­ing part­ner at SV, will start his new role in Sep­tem­ber, join­ing sev­er­al new mem­bers of Sanofi’s ex­ec­u­tive com­mit­tee. Em­manuel Frene­hard, now glob­al head of dig­i­tal, has been pro­mot­ed to chief dig­i­tal of­fi­cer. Bri­an Foard will take over the spe­cial­ty care glob­al busi­ness unit on an in­ter­im ba­sis, as Bill Si­bold leaves the com­pa­ny to pur­sue a new op­por­tu­ni­ty.