American, age 63

FUNCTION AT NOVARTIS AG In 1999, William W. George was elected as a member of the Board of Directors. In 2000, he became a member of the Compensation Committee. In 2001, he became a member of the Chairman’s Committee and also the Chairman of the Corporate Governance and Nomination Committee. He qualifies as an independent, Non-Executive Director.

ACTIVITIES IN GOVERNING OR SUPERVISORY BODIES William W. George is a member of the Boards of Directors of Goldman Sachs* and Exxon Mobil*.

PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND William W. George received his BSIE from Georgia Institute of Technology in 1964 and his MBA from Harvard University in 1966. From 1966 to 1969, he worked in the US Department of Defense as special assistant to the Secretary of the Navy and as assistant to the Comptroller. After having served as President of Litton Microwave Cooking Products, William W. George held a series of executive positions with Honeywell from 1978 to 1989. Thereafter he served as President and Chief Operating Officer of Medtronic, Inc. in Minneapolis, and, from 1991 to 2001, as its Chief Executive Officer. From 1996 to 2002, he was Medtronic’s Chairman. He has served as Executive- in-Residence at Yale School of Management and Professor of Leadership and Governance at IMD International in Lausanne, Switzerland.

PERMANENT MANAGEMENT OR CONSULTANCY ENGAGEMENTS William W. George is Professor of Management Practice at Harvard Business School, In addition, he is a trustee of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. William W. George is the Chairman of the Center for Leadership and Business Ethics.

Swiss, age 64

FUNCTION AT NOVARTIS AG Alexandre F. Jetzer has served as a Director since 1996. He is a Non-Executive Director.

ACTIVITIES IN GOVERNING OR SUPERVISORY BODIES Alexandre F. Jetzer is also a member of the Board of Directors of Clariden Bank, Zurich, Switzerland, of the Supervisory Board of Compagnie Financière Michelin, Granges-Paccot (FR), Switzerland, and of the Board of the Lucerne Festival Foundation, Lucerne, Switzerland.

PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND Alexandre F. Jetzer graduated with Masters of law and economics from the University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland and is a licensed attorney. After serving as General Secretary of the Swiss Federation of Commerce and Industry (Vorort) from 1967 on, Alexandre F. Jetzer joined Sandoz in 1980. In 1981 he was appointed Member of the Sandoz Group Executive Committee in the capacity of Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and, as of 1990, as Head of Management Resources and International Coordination. From 1995 to 1996, he was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Sandoz Pharmaceuticals Corporation in East Hanover, New Jersey (US) and he additionally was appointed President and CEO of Sandoz Corporation in New York (NY). After the merger which created Novartis in 1996 until 1999, he served as a member of the Novartis Group Executive Committee and Head of International Coordination, Legal & Taxes.

PERMANENT MANAGEMENT OR CONSULTANCY ENGAGEMENTS Consultancy Agreement with Novartis International AG (Government Relations Support).

Swiss, age 58

FUNCTION AT NOVARTIS AG Pierre Landolt served as a Director since 1996. He qualifies as an independent, Non-Executive Director.

ACTIVITIES IN GOVERNING OR SUPERVISORY BODIES Pierre Landolt is President of the Sandoz Family Foundation, Glaris, Switzerland, Chairman of Board of Directors of Emasan AG, Basel, Switzerland, and of Vaucher Manufacture Fleurier SA, Fleurier, Switzerland. He is a member of the Board of Directors of Syngenta AG*, where he also serves as member of Audit Committee, and of the Syngenta Foundation Sustainable Agriculture, both in Basel, Switzerland. addition, Pierre Landolt is Associate Partner of Banque Landolt & Cie, Lausanne, Switzerland, and Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of Parmigiani Fleurier Fleurier, Switzerland, and of the Fondation du Montreux Jazz Festival, Montreux, Switzerland.

PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND Pierre Landolt graduated with a Bachelor of Law degree from the University of Paris-Assa. From 1974 to 1976, he worked for Sandoz Brazil SA. In 1977, he acquired an agricultural estate in the Northeast of Brazil, cultivating organic tropical fruit as well as producing dairy products. In 1989, founded a firm manufacturing and installing irrigation systems. Since 1997 Pierre Landolt has been Associate and Chairman of AxialPar Ltda, São Paulo, a company investing in Sustainable Development. In 2000, he co-founder of EcoCarbone LLC, Delaware, US, a company focused on the development of carbon sequestration processes in Asia, Africa, South America Europe.