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GSK Consumer Healthcare India MD Zubair Ahmed, has been appointed as the designate Head of Asia Pacific, Middle East and Africa for the proposed joint venture between GSK Consumer Healthcare and Novartis OTC, the company said in a statement on Wednesday.
The company said that in this new role, in addition to the Indian Sub-Continent business, he will also oversee operations of Asia Pacific which includes China, Japan, Australia and New Zealand, Middle East (including Turkey, Iran and Pakistan) and Africa.
"This proposed role expansion is announced as a part of the integration planning process for the proposed joint venture with Novartis. It is proposed he will take over this role following closure of the deal which is expected in the first half of 2015," the company said in a statement.
Ahmed joined GSK Consumer Healthcare in 2007 and has been responsible for leading a team that has more than tripled revenues in the GSK India sub continent business.
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