Merck announced that Inge Thulin, chairman of the board, president and chief executive officer of3M, will join the company’s board of directors effective March 1, 2018. Thulin will stand for election with the company’s other directors in connection with Merck’s Annual Meeting of Shareholders on May 22, 2018. With the addition of Thulin, the Merck board will include 14 members.
“We are pleased to add Mr. Thulin to the Merck board and look forward to benefiting from his extensive experience as a global leader of an innovative and science-based company,” said Kenneth C. Frazier, chairman and chief executive officer, Merck.
Thulin is chairman of the board, president and chief executive officer of 3M, a company that applies science in collaborative ways to improve lives and create solutions to global problems. Thulin began his career with 3M in Europe in 1979 and since then has assumed several key roles of increasing responsibility, most recently serving as chief operating officer prior to his current role.
Thulin earned degrees in economics and marketing from the University of Gothenburg in Sweden. He is a National Committee on U.S.-China Relations Honoree, has received the Peter G. Peterson Business Statesmanship Award from the Committee for Economic Development, the Lucia Trade Award from the Swedish-American Chamber of Commerce and the Hendrickson Medal for Ethical Leadership. Most recently, Thulin was honored by Junior Achievement of The Upper Midwest as a 2016 Business Hall of Fame Laureate.