2. HISTORY
GlaxoSmithKline started operations on 1 January 2001 following the merger of
GlaxoWellcome group and SmithKline Beecham group, but their combined histories
go back much further than that.
Beginning with
1715: Plough Court Pharmacy was established
1830: John K Smith opened his first drugstore
1842: Beecham’s Pills brand was launched
2000: Planned merger of Glaxo Wellcome and SmithKline Beecham was announced
3. Mission : Do more, Feel Better, Live Longer.
The business is focused around the delivery of three strategic priorities which aim
to increase growth, reduce risk and improve the company’s long-term financial
performance.
These priorities are:
• Grow a diversified global business,
• Deliver more products of value,
• Simplify the operating model.
4. What GSK does?
GSK is a science-led global healthcare company. It researches and develops a
broad range of innovative products in three primary areas viz., Pharmaceuticals,
Vaccines and Consumer Healthcare.
GSK has a significant global presence with commercial operations in more
than 150 countries, a network of 84 manufacturing sites in 36 countries and large
R&D centres in the UK, USA, Spain, Belgium and China.
5. Pharmaceuticals
GSK’s Pharmaceuticals business develops and makes medicines to treat a broad
range of acute and chronic diseases. It’s portfolio is made up of both patent-
protected and off patent medicines. Such as, products for major disease areas like
asthma, cancer, infections, mental health, diabetes and digestive conditions.
£15.5bn turnover 67% of Group
6. Vaccines
GSK’s Vaccines business is one of the largest in the world, producing paediatric and
adult vaccines against a range of infectious diseases. In 2014, it distributed more
than 800 million doses to 170 countries, of which over 80% were supplied to
developing countries.
£3.2bn turnover 14% of Group
7. Consumer Healthcare
GSK’s Consumer Healthcare business develops and markets a range of products in
the areas of: Pain Relief, Respiratory, Oral Health, Nutrition/Gastro Intestinal and Skin
Health. These include a number of well-known global brands such
as Sensodyne, Parodontax, Poligrip, Voltaren, Aquafresh toothpaste, Horlicks,
Panadol, Breathe right nasal strips, Otrivin and Theraflu.
£4.3bn turnover 19% of Group
9. Corporate Executive Team (CET)
Sir Andrew Witty: GSK CEO
& member of the Board
&Corporate Executive
Team
Roger Connor: President, Global
Manufacturing & Supply
Simon Dingemans: Chief Financial
Officer
Nick Hirons: Senior Vice President,
Global Ethics and Compliance
Abbas Hussain: President, Global
Pharmaceuticals
David Redfern:
Chief Strategy Officer
Dr, Moncef Slaoui: Chairman, Global
Vaccines
Claire Thomas:
Senior Vice President, Human
Resources
Phil Thomson:
Senior Vice President,
Communications and Government
Affairs
Don Troy:
Senior Vice President & General
Counsel
Patrick Vallance: President,
Pharmaceuticals R&D
Emma Walmsley:
CEO, GSK Consumer Healthcare
10. Board committees
Audit And Risk Committee
Remuneration Committee
Nominations Committee
Finance Committee
Corporate Social Responsibility Committee
Corporate Administration and Transactions Committee
11. Audit and risk Committee
Members:
Stacey Cartwright
Lynn Elsenhans
Sir Deryck Maughan
Dr. Daniel Podolsky
Secretary:
Victoria Whyte
In attendance:
Chairman
CEO, CFO,General Counsel
Chairman, Global Vaccines Head of Audit
& Assurance
SVP, Global Ethics & Compliance
Chief Medical Officer, Representative of
external auditors, Financial Controller
Frequency of meetings:
Not less than four times a year
The Audit & Risk Committee reviews:
The integrity of financial and internal reporting
process
The integrity of financial statements
The external and internal audit processes
The system of internal controls and the
identification and management of risks
The committee also proposes to shareholders
the appointment, re-appointment and removal
of external auditors and is directly responsible
for their remuneration and oversight of their
work.
Chair: Judy Lewent
12. Remuneration Committee
Members:
Dr Stephanie Burns
Judy Lewent
Sir Deryck Maughan
Hans Wijers
Secretary:
Victoria Whyte
In attendance:
CEO, Head of Human
Resources, Head of Reward,
Committee adviser - Deloitte
LLP, Any Non-Executive
Director shall be entitled to
attend the committee
meetings.
Frequency of meetings:
Four times a year and otherwise as necessary.
The Committee consists of Independent Non-
Executive Directors and the Chairman
The Chairman and the CEO are responsible for
evaluating and making recommendations to the Board
on the remuneration of Non-Executive Directors
within the terms of the approved Remuneration Policy
Chairman: Urs Rohner
13. Nominations Committee
Members:
Professor Sir Roy Anderson
Sir Deryck Maughan
Judy Lewent
Lynn Elsenhans
Secretary:
Victoria Whyte
In attendance:
CEO, Head of Human Resources,
External Advisers - as appropriate
Frequency of meetings:
The committee meets at least
twice a year to consider
succession planning, with other
meetings held as required.
The Nominations Committee reviews the
structure, size and composition of the Board and
the appointment of members to the Board and
the CET. The committee also monitors the
planning of succession to the Board and senior
management. It is also responsible for
considering and, if appropriate, authorising
conflicts of interest. The committee consists of
Independent Non-Executive Directors and the
Chairman.
Chairman:
Sir Philip Hampton
14. Finance Committee
Members:
All directors
Secretary:
Victoria Whyte
Frequency of meetings:
Held as necessary.
The Finance Committee reviews and approves the
following on behalf of our Board:
The annual report
Form 20-F (for financial reporting in the US)
The convening of the annual general meeting
Preliminary and quarterly statements of trading
results, dividends and major licensing and capital
transactions
Each director is a member of the committee and a
meeting can comprise just three members but must
include the company chairman, or the chairman of the
audit & risk committee, and the CEO or CFO
15. CSR Committee
Members:
Dr Stephanie Burns
Lynn Elsenhans
Dr Daniel Podolsky
Hans Wijers
Secretary:
Victoria Whyte
In attendance: CEO, Head of Communications and
Government Affairs, Head of Human Resources,
General Counsel, Head of Corporate
Responsibility and Reporting, Global
Pharmaceuticals (President), Pharmaceutical
R&D(President), Consumer Healthcare(President),
Global Manufacturing & Supply(President),
Independent External Corporate Responsibility
Adviser
Other executives are invited to attend the
Committee as necessary
Frequency of meetings:
Four times a year or more frequently as
necessary.
The Corporate Responsibility Committee
provides a Board-level forum for the review
of external issues that could potentially
impact upon our business and reputation.
The Committee is also responsible for
overseeing our worldwide charitable
donations and community support. The
Committee consists of Independent Non-
Executive Directors and the Chairman.
Chairman:
Lynn Elsenhans
16. Corporate Administration and Transactions
Committee
Members:
Directors, CET members and the Company
Secretary
Frequency of meetings:
Held as necessary.
The Corporate Administration and
Transactions Committee reviews and
approves matters in connection with the
administration of the business, and of
certain corporate transactions. The
committee consists of the directors,
Corporate Executive Team members and
the Company Secretary.
17. Some Facts and Figures
As of 2013 GSK had offices in over 115
countries and employed over 90,000
people, 12,500 in R&D.
The company's single largest market is the
United States. Its US headquarters are
in The Navy Yard, Philadelphia,
and Research Triangle Park, North
Carolina; its consumer-products division is
in Moon Township, Pennsylvania.
Total No. of Employees (2015): 96,575
Net Income(2014): £2.831 billion
As of 6 May 2015 it had a Market
Capitalization of £73 billion, the fourth-
largest of any company listed on the
London Stock Exchange.
18. Key achievements
We are the 1st pharmaceutical
company to sign up to the
AllTrials campaign for research
transparency.
We invested £3.1 billion in 2014
in our search to develop new
medicines, vaccines and
consumer products.
Four new products approved
in 2014
We have around 40 new
molecular entities in
phase II/III development.
We have 84 manufacturing
sites in 36 countries making
our medicines, vaccines and
consumer healthcare
products.
4 billion albendazole tablets
donated to eliminate two
neglected tropical diseases
since 1998.
More than 13,000 people work in R&D
in our search for new medicines,
vaccines and consumer healthcare
products.
In 2014, we distributed more
than 800 million doses of
vaccines around the world.
We employ around 98,000
people in over 100 countries,
with more than a third of these in
emerging markets.
In March 2015 we acquired Novartis’s
vaccines business (excluding influenza
vaccines) and combined our Consumer
Healthcare businesses to create a new
company.
1715
Plough Court Pharmacy established Plough Court pharmacy is established, the forerunner of Allen and Hanburys, in London by Silvanus Bevan. The A&H name continues today.
1830
John K Smith opens his first drugstore 1830 John K Smith opens his first drugstore in Philadelphia. John's younger brother, George, joins him in 1841 to form John K Smith & Co.
1842
Beecham’s Pills brand launches Thomas Beecham launches the Beecham's Pills business in England. The laxative is to become widely successful.
1884
Burroughs Wellcome registers ‘Tabloid’ trademark ‘Tabloid’ is registered as a Burroughs Wellcome trademark to describe its compressed tablets. By 1898, the word was being used generally to describe a compressed or concentrated dose of anything. Hence the term ‘tabloid journalism’, which first appears in written records in 1901
Improving quality of human life by enabling people to do more, feel better and live longer.
Operating responsibly and ensuring our values are embedded in our culture and decision-making helps us better meet the expectations of society.
Within its terms of reference, and the approved Remuneration Policy, the Remuneration Committee determines the remuneration of the Executive Directors and members of the CET and, with the assistance of external independent advisors, evaluates and makes recommendations to our Board on remuneration policy.