Professional Experience

• Former Chief Executive Officer, Reliant Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (January 2007 – December 2007)
• Former President (U.S. Human Health), Merck & Co. (2001 – 2006)

Key Skills & Qualifications

• Health Care Industry Expertise: as the former Chief Executive Officer of Reliant Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and with 20 years of pharmaceutical industry experience, Dr. Sheares has extensive health care knowledge and related expertise in research and development, complex regulatory and legal issues, and risk management (including supply chain risk management)
• Management and Leadership Experience: executive experience gained as CEO of Reliant Pharmaceuticals, Inc., and a 19-year career at Merck & Co., where he rose to President of U.S. Human Health
• Marketing/Brand Management: significant marketing, sales, brand management,and advertising experience gained through senior leadership experience at both Reliant Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Merck & Co.
• Public Company Board and Governance Experience: deep knowledge of corporate governance issues and risk management facing public companies, as well as experience in succession planning, compensation, employee management, and the evaluation of acquisition opportunities through service on multiple public company boards in health care and contract research, global manufacturing, and automobile insurance organizations
• Corporate Strategy/M&A: served as CEO of Reliant Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and led the company through its acquisition by GlaxoSmithKline plc in 2007

Other Boards

• Honeywell International (2004 – 2018) (Retirement Plan Committee Chair and Management, Development and Compensation Committee member)
• The Progressive Corporation (2003 – 2018) (Compensation Committee Chairman and Audit Committee member)
• Covance Inc. (2009 – 2015) (Compensation Committee Chairman )
• IMS Health Incorporated (2009 – 2010) (Compensation Committee member)

Organizations

• Former Chair, National Pharmaceutical Council (focused on broadly communicating the economic, clinical, and societal value of pharmaceuticals)
• Lay Elder, Gospel City Church (Boynton Beach, Florida)

Education

• A Lucille P. Markey Scholar and a National Institutes of Health Postdoctoral Fellow at the Center for Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• Ph.D., Purdue University (Biochemistry)
• B.A., Fisk University (Chemistry)