Merck announced that Chirfi Guindo will lead Human Health Marketing as Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) for Merck Human Health, and will join Merck’s Executive Team, effective July 1, 2022. Guindo will report directly to Robert M. Davis, chief executive officer and president, Merck.

As previously announced, Jannie Oosthuizen leads Merck Human Health U.S., and Joe Romanelli will lead Merck Human Health International effective Aug. 1, both also reporting to Davis. Deepak Khanna, interim leader of Human Health International, will retire at the end of this year.

In his new role, Guindo will be responsible for leading the development and implementation of the company’s long-term strategy for the Human Health portfolio spanning oncology, vaccines, pharmaceutical and pipeline products.

Since 2017, Guindo has been executive vice president and head of global product strategy and commercialization at Biogen and served on Biogen’s executive leadership team. Before joining Biogen, Guindo began his Merck career in 1990 and spent more than 25 years in finance, sales, commercial and marketing roles of increasing responsibility in the U.S. and globally.