Taking GSK's Consumer Helm Gives McNamara View From Atop The OTC Space
This article was originally published in The Pink Sheet & The Rose Sheet
Executive Summary
Brian McNamara becomes GSK Consumer CEO after Emma Walmsley is named to succeed Andrew Witty in 2017 to run Glaxo.
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