The president of Novartis Korea is expected to change soon.

According to industry sources, Joshi Venugopal, who had led Novartis Korea since September 2018, has completed his term at the end of last month and made a promotional transfer to become the Global Head of New Products at Novartis headquarters.

Novartis Korea’s Chief Finance Officer, Kim Skafte Mortensen, has been running the company as the acting head since Joshi Venugopal’s resignation.

Novartis is currently seeking a new head for its Korean subsidiary that will officially be appointed in coming October. Regarding the new appointment, some industry officials are cautiously mentioning internal rumors of a Korea