Jonathan Peacock

Chairman • Avantor

Mr. Peacock has served as Chairman of Avantor since 2022 and has served on Avantor’s Board since 2017. He is a member of the Nominating & Governance Committee. Mr. Peacock also serves as Chair of the Board of Directors and as interim chair of the Audit Committee at UCB SA. Mr. Peacock served as the Chief Financial Officer of Amgen, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company, from 2010 to 2014 and was the Chief Financial and Administrative Officer of the Pharmaceuticals Division of Novartis AG, a global health care company, from 2005 to 2010. Previously he was a partner at McKinsey and Price Waterhouse. In the past five years, Mr. Peacock served as Chairman and as CEO of Bellerophon Therapeutics, Inc., as a founder and Chairman of Arix Bioscience PLC, and as a director of Kite Pharma and Genmab A/S.

Mr. Peacock earned a M.A. in Economics from the University of St. Andrews in Scotland and is a Chartered Accountant. Mr. Peacock’s prior senior leadership experience at several companies, including as chief executive officer and chief financial officer, current and past experience as a board member at other companies and his expertise in finance, strategy, international business transactions, mergers and acquisitions and operations along with his independence, make him a valuable member of the Avantor Board.