Claus Egstrand has previously held positions as Head of Europe for MSD Consumer Care at the pharmaceutical company Merck & Co, as well as Vice President, General Manager Medsurg Europe for the medical technologies firm Stryker Corporation.Claus has served as Senior Vice President Consumer Healthcare for Latin America, Africa, Asia, Japan and Australia at the pharmaceutical company Pfizer, Vice President and head of global marketing for the smoking cessation product Nicorette at the pharmaceutical company Pharmacia, as well as CEO of Johnson&Johnson/Merck Pharmaceuticals operations in France. His most recent position was Group President, International at Hologic Corp.