Overview

Gender

female

Karen Katen has served as a Director of IMS Health since March 2015. Karen Katen began her career at Pfizer in 1974 and held a series of management positions with increasing responsibility, including President of Pfizer Global Pharmaceuticals and Executive Vice President of Pfizer Inc. from 2001 to 2005 and President of Pfizer Human Health from 2005 to 2007. She retired in 2007 as Vice Chairman of Pfizer Inc.

Recently, she also served as Chairman of the Pfizer Foundation, a charitable foundation affiliated with Pfizer.

She serves on the boards of directors of Air Liquide, Catamaran Corporation, Harris Corporation and The Home Depot.

Karen also chairs the RAND Health Board of Advisors and is a member of the Takeda Global Advisory Board and the Novo Nordisk Advisory Committee. She also serves as a Senior Advisor to Essex Woodlands, a growth equity healthcare investment company.

Karen holds B.A. and M.B.A. degrees from the University of Chicago, where she is a Trustee of the university and a council member of the Booth School of Business.