Former Sanofi SVP Gilles Brisson to chair Mauna Kea

Gilles Brisson, former senior VP of Sanofi, has been appointed as the chair of Mauna Kea Technologies.

Brisson takes over from Albert Waxman at the US-based medical device company, which is among the leaders in the global endomicroscopy market.

He held his position at Sanofi from 2004 to 2006, having previously spent five years at Aventis before its takeover by Sanofi.

During his time at Aventis, Brisson served as president and CEO of the company's French business, before being promoted to senior VP Europe – the same position he held at Sanofi.

Previously, he was president of Rhone-Poulenc's French business, as well as senior VP corporate development at the France-based chemical and pharmaceutical company, before its merger with Hoechst to form Aventis.

Most recently, Brisson has held the position of chair at Innate Pharma since 2007 and Ethypharm since 2009.