PepsiCo Executive to Deliver 2011 Pardee Distinguished Lecture (April 15)
The Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future is pleased to announce that the next Frederick S. Pardee Distinguished Lecture will be delivered on Friday, April 15 by Dr. Mehmood Khan, Chief Executive Officer, Global Nutrition Group and Chief Scientific Officer for PepsiCo.
Date: Friday, April 15
Location: Barrister’s Hall, Boston University Law School, 765 Commonwealth Avenue
Time: 10.45am – 12.45pm (Lecture followed by Luncheon)
The event is open to the public, but seating is limited. RSVP to pardee@bu.edu by April 11, 2011. RSVP is required to reserve a seat.
The event will also include a welcome address by Dr. Jean Morrison, Boston University’s Provost and Chief Academic Officer.
Dr. Mehmood Khan, M.D. is Chief Executive Officer, Global Nutrition Group and Chief Scientific Officer at PepsiCo. He was appointed Senior Vice President and Chief Scientific Officer when he joined PepsiCo in 2008, and was given the additional responsibility of Chief Executive Officer, Global Nutrition Group in October 2010.
He was appointed CEO of the Global Nutrition Group with a charge to establish PepsiCo as the leading provider of “Good-for-You” foods and beverages that are great tasting, wholesome, accessible, affordable and advantaged by science.
As Chief Scientific Officer (CSO), he has been responsible for providing global leadership and support to research and development (R&D) for all PepsiCo divisions in the areas of enterprise research planning, R&D portfolio management, next generation technologies, nutritional standards, food safety and regulation, and quality assurance. Under his leadership, PepsiCo has expanded investment in R&D, recruiting highly regarded clinical scientists, global health policy makers and medical experts and has launched research projects with leading universities and other institutions around the world.
A medical doctor trained at the University of Liverpool Medical School, Dr. Khan is a specialist in internal medicine and endocrinology with extensive academic and clinical experience, including senior clinical positions at the Mayo Clinic and the University of Minnesota Medical School. He has served on numerous state and national committees of the American Diabetes Association, the Minneapolis Medical Research Foundation and the National Institutes for Health. Additionally, he has held several visiting professorships and is the author of numerous published papers. He is currently a member of the Board of Governors, New York Academy of Sciences.
Dr. Khan previously served as President of Takeda Pharmaceuticals Global Research and Development Center. He built the company’s U.S. Medical Affairs and Global Medical Affairs functions, and helped develop the strong, scientific basis for launching the company’s major products as President of U.S. and European drug development.
Dr. Mehmood Khan joins well-known and highly respected scholars and practitioners who have given past Pardee Distinguished Lectures including Nobel laureate economist Amartya Sen, physicist Freeman Dyson and biologist and biocomplexity expert Simon Levin.