Mr. David W. Mims has served Axcan Pharma as vice president of the board of directors, executive vice president, and chief operating officer since the year 2000, shortly after the Company acquired Scandipharm Inc. (now Axcan Scandipharm Inc.).
Mr. Mims came to Axcan from Cebert Pharmaceuticals where he had served as executive vice president and chief operating officer since 1998. From 1991 to 1998, he helped establish (Axcan) Scandipharm Inc., eventually serving as vice president, chief operating officer, and chief financial officer. He also worked as accounting services manager at Russ Pharmaceuticals and as a senior accountant at Ernst & Young LLP, both in Birmingham, Alabama.
Currently a director of the University of Alabama at Birmingham Research Foundation, Mr. Mims is also a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and Alabama Society of Certified Public Accountants. He is a licensed Certified Public Accountant (CPA) in the state of Alabama and holds a Bachelor of Science degree in accounting from Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama. |