Marianne Späne (1962), Head Business Development & Sales since March 1, 2010, was appointed President of the former Generics Division of Siegfried Ltd in October 2008. Since January 2008 she had been responsible for the Classical Generics business unit. Between June 2004 and January 2008 Marianne Späne was in charge of Business Development and Supply Chain Management for generic drugs.
Before joining Siegfried, she held positions as Logistics, Business Development and Site Manager for the cosmetics division of Boucheron. She later switched to the pharmaceutical industry as Head of Sales and Marketing in the Pharma Division of Schweizerhall and the American Aceto Company, focusing on expansion strategies for Europe. She has a degree in Finance, Economics from Kaufmännische Führungsschule KFS Basel and a degree in Marketing from Marketing & Business School Zurich MBSZ.