235 East 42nd Street
New York, NY 10017-5755

Tel: 212/573-2323  
Fax: 212/573-7851

Web: http://www.pfizer.com/pfizer/main.jsp

Background:

In 1849, cousins Charles Pfizer and Charles Erhardt founded Charles Pfizer & Company in a red brick building in Brooklyn, NY. In the next 150 years Pfizer grew merging with Warner-Lambert in 2000 and Pharmacia in 2003, to create the world's fastest-growing major pharmaceutical company.  Its stated focus “ is helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives…through discovering and developing breakthrough medicines; providing information on prevention, wellness, and treatment; consistent high-quality manufacturing of medicines, consumer products; and global leadership in corporate responsibility.” Pfizer employs more than 100,000 people including 12,000 medical researches and provides products to more than 38 million patients. The company works with governments, individuals, and other payers for healthcare to treat and prevent illness.

Key Products include:

Aricept®
Aromasin®
Caduet®
Camptosar®
Celebrex®
Chantix®
Detrol/Detrol LA®
Exubera®
Genotropin®
Geodon/Zeldox®
Lipitor®
Lyrica®
Norvasc®
Rebif®
Relpax®
Revatio®
Spiriva®
Sutent®
Vfend®
Viagra®
Xalatan/Xalacom®
Zmax®
Zoloft®
Zyrtec®
Zyvox®

 

Jeffrey B. Kindler

Chief Executive Officer, Pfizer Inc

Jeffrey B. Kindler is Pfizer's Chief Executive Officer and a member of its Board of Directors.  Mr. Kindler previously served as Pfizer's Vice Chairman and General Counsel with responsibility for corporate functions including worldwide legal affairs, corporate and regulatory compliance, government relations, corporate communications, public policy development, corporate citizenship, global security and philanthropy.

Mr. Kindler, 51, joined Pfizer in 2002 as senior vice president and general counsel. He became executive vice president and general counsel in 2004 and vice chairman and general counsel in 2005, leading both the Legal and Corporate Affairs divisions.

Prior to joining Pfizer, Mr. Kindler served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Boston Market Corporation, owned by McDonald's, and president of Partner Brands, also owned by McDonald's. He was executive vice president, corporate relations and general counsel of McDonald's from 1997 to 2001, and from 1996 to 1997 served as that company's senior vice president and general counsel.

Prior to McDonald's, Mr. Kindler was vice president and senior counsel for Litigation and Legal Policy for the General Electric Company. A former partner at the Washington law firm of Williams & Connolly, Mr. Kindler also served as a law clerk to U.S. Supreme Court Justice William J. Brennan, Jr. and to Judge David L. Bazelon of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. He also worked at the Federal Communications Commission.

Mr. Kindler earned his B.A. degree, summa cum laude, from Tufts University in 1977 and J.D. degree, magna cum laude, from Harvard Law School in 1980, where he served as an editor of the Harvard Law Review.

Mr. Kindler is a board member of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the Manhattan Theater Club, the New York Philharmonic, and the Partnership for New York City, among other civic and charitable organizations.

 

Board of Directors:

Michael S. Brown
Age: 65
Distinguished Chair in Biomedical Sciences from 1989 and Regental Professor from 1985 at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas. Co-recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1985 and the National Medal of Science in 1988. Member of the National Academy of Sciences and the Institute of Medicine. Director of Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Our Director since 1996. Chair of our Science and Technology Committee and member of our Corporate Governance Committee.

 

M. Anthony Burns
Age: 63
Chairman Emeritus since May 2002, Chairman of the Board from May 1985 to May 2002, Chief Executive Officer from January 1983 to November 2000, and President from December 1979 to June 1999 of Ryder System, Inc., a provider of transportation and logistics services. Director of The Black & Decker Corporation and J. C. Penney Company, Inc. Life Trustee of the University of Miami. Our Director since 1988. Member of our Audit Committee and our Executive Committee.

 

Robert N. Burt
Age: 68
Retired Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of FMC Corporation, a company that manufactures chemicals, and FMC Technologies, Inc., a company that manufactures machinery. Mr. Burt was Chairman of the Board of FMC Corporation from 1991 to December 2001, its Chief Executive Officer from 1991 to August 2001 and a member of its Board of Directors from 1989 to April 2002. Chairman of the Board of FMC Technologies, Inc., from June 2001 to December 2001 and its Chief Executive Officer from June 2001 to August 2001. Life Trustee of the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago and Director of the Chicago Public Education Fund. Our Director since June 2000. Member of our Compensation Committee.

 

W. Don Cornwell
Age: 58
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer since 1988 of Granite Broadcasting Corporation, a group broadcasting company. Director of Avon Products, Inc. and CVS Corporation. (Mr. Cornwell has announced his intention to step down from the board of one public company before the end of 2006.) Also a Director of the Wallace Foundation and the Telecommunications Development Fund. Trustee of Big Brothers/Sisters of New York. Our Director since February 1997. Member of our Audit Committee.

 

William H. Gray III
Age: 64
Chairman of the Amani Group, a government affairs firm, since August 2004. Senior Advisor on Public Policy and Business Diversity at the law firm of Buchanan Ingersoll PC since April 2005. Pastor Emeritus of the Bright Hope Baptist Church in Philadelphia since June 2005. President and Chief Executive Officer of The College Fund/UNCF (educational assistance), from September 1991 to March 2004. Mr. Gray served as a Congressman from the Second District of Pennsylvania from 1979 to 1991, and at various times during his tenure, served as Budget Committee Chair and House Majority Whip. Director of Dell Inc., J. P. Morgan Chase & Co., Prudential Financial, Inc. and Visteon Corporation. Our Director since June 2000. Member of our Corporate Governance Committee.

 

Constance J. Horner
Age: 64
Guest Scholar from 1993 until 2005 at The Brookings Institution, an organization devoted to nonpartisan research, education and publication in economics, government, foreign policy and the social sciences. Commissioner of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights from 1993 to 1998. Served at the White House as Assistant to President George H. W. Bush and as Director of Presidential Personnel from August 1991 to January 1993. Deputy Secretary, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services from 1989 to 1991. Director of the U.S. Office of Personnel Management from 1985 to 1989. Director of Ingersoll-Rand Company Limited and Prudential Financial, Inc.; Fellow, National Academy of Public Administration; Trustee, Annie E. Casey Foundation; Member of the Board of Trustees of the Prudential Foundation. Our Director since 1993. Chair of our Corporate Governance Committee and member of our Executive Committee.

 

William R. Howell
Age: 70
Chairman Emeritus of J. C. Penney Company, Inc., a major retailer, since 1997. Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of J. C. Penney Company, Inc. from 1983 to 1997. Director of American Electric Power Company, Exxon Mobil Corporation, Halliburton Company and The Williams Companies, Inc. He is also a Director of Deutsche Bank Trust Corporation and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, the non-public wholly owned subsidiaries of Deutsche Bank A.G. Our Director since June 2000. Chair of our Audit Committee.

 

Stanley O. Ikenberry
Age: 71
President Emeritus, Regent Professor, Department of Educational Organization and Leadership, University of Illinois, since September 2001. President, November 1996 to June 2001, of the American Council on Education, an independent nonprofit association dedicated to ensuring high-quality education at colleges and universities throughout the United States. President from 1979 through July 1995 of the University of Illinois. Director of Aquila, Inc. President, Board of Overseers of Teachers' Insurance & Annuity Association - College Retirement Equities Fund (TIAA-CREF). Our Director since 1982. Member of our Compensation Committee, Science and Technology Committee and our Executive Committee.

 

Jeffrey B. Kindler
Age: 51
Our Chief Executive Officer since July 2006. Vice Chairman and General Counsel from March 2005 to July 2006. Executive Vice President and General Counsel from April 2004 to March 2005, and Senior Vice President and General Counsel from January 2002 to April 2004. Prior to joining Pfizer, Mr. Kindler served as Chairman of Boston Market Corporation, a food service company owned by McDonald's Corporation, from 2000 to 2001, and President of Partner Brands, also owned by McDonald's, during 2001. He was Executive Vice President, Corporate Relations and General Counsel of McDonald's Corporation from 1997 to 2001, and from 1996 to 1997 served as that company's Senior Vice President and General Counsel. Mr. Kindler is a board member of Ronald McDonald House Charities, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and Partnership for New York City. Our Director since July 2006. Mr. Kindler is a member of the Pfizer Executive Committee.

 

George A. Lorch
Age: 64
Chairman Emeritus of Armstrong Holdings, Inc., a global company that manufactures flooring and ceiling materials, since August 2000. Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Armstrong Holdings, Inc. from May 2000 to August 2000, and its President and Chief Executive Officer from September 1993 to May 1994. Chairman of Armstrong World Industries, Inc. from May 1994 to May 2000, its President and Chief Executive Officer from September 1993 to May 2000, and a Director from 1988 to November 2000.. Director of Autoliv, Inc. and The Williams Companies, Inc. He is also a Director of HSBC Finance Co. and HSBC North America Holding Company, the non-public, wholly owned subsidiaries of HSBC LLC. Our Director since June 2000. Member of our Compensation Committee.

 

Henry A. McKinnell
Age: 63
Chairman of our Board since May 2001. Our Chief Executive Officer from January 2001 to July 2006. Our President from May 1999 to May 2001, and President, Pfizer Pharmaceuticals Group, the principal operating division of the Company, from January 1997 to April 2001. Chief Operating Officer from May 1999 to December 2000 and Executive Vice President from 1992 to 1999. Director of Exxon Mobil Corporation and Moody's Corporation. Chairman Emeritus of the Business Roundtable. Trustee of the New York City Public Library and the New York City Police Foundation. Our Director since June 1997.

 

Dana G. Mead
Age: 70
Chairman of Massachusetts Institute of Technology Corporation since July 1, 2003. Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Tenneco, Inc. from 1994 until his retirement in 1999. Chairman of two of the successor companies of the Tenneco conglomerate, Tenneco Automotive Inc. and Pactiv Corporation, global manufacturing companies with operations in automotive parts and packaging, from November 1999 to March 2000. Director of Zurich Financial Services. Chairman of the Board of the Ron Brown Award for Corporate Leadership and a Lifetime Trustee of the Association of Graduates, U.S. Military Academy, West Point. Former Chairman of the Business Roundtable and of the National Association of Manufacturers. Our Director since January 1998. Chair of our Compensation Committee and a member of our Science and Technology Committee.

 

Ruth J. Simmons
Age: 60
President of Brown University since July 1, 2001. President, from 1995 to 2001, of Smith College. Vice Provost of Princeton University from 1992 to 1995. Director of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. and Texas Instruments Incorporated. Member of the National Academy of Arts and Sciences, the American Philosophical Society, the Council on Foreign Relations and the Secretarys Advisory Committee on Leadership and Management of the U.S. Department of State. Member of the Board, Alliance for Lupus Research. Chair, Visiting Committee, Bennett College. Our Director since January 1997. Member of our Corporate Governance Committee.

 

William C. Steere, Jr.
Age: 69
Chairman Emeritus of Pfizer Inc. since July 2001. Chairman of our Board from 1992 to April 2001 and our Chief Executive Officer from February 1991 to December 2000. Director of Dow Jones & Company, Inc., Health Management Associates, Inc., and MetLife, Inc. Director of the New York University Medical Center and the New York Botanical Garden. Member of the Board of Overseers of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. Our Director since 1987.

 

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