Hans P. Schmid is the President and Managing Director of SciClone Pharmaceuticals International, Ltd. and has been with the Company since 2001. Mr. Schmid has 25 years of financial and pharmaceutical experience in the U.S. and international markets. Prior to joining SciClone, Mr. Schmid was Chief Financial Officer from December 1999 to April 2001 for Questcor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Senior Vice President, International Business Development from February 1997 to September 1999 for Oread, Inc., a contract pharmaceutical company. From 1985 to 1997 he worked at Syntex Corporation as Vice President of Finance and Administration for Pharmaceutical Operations Asia/Pacific region, at F. Hoffmann-LaRoche as Senior Vice President, Finance and Head of Administrative Services for Roche Bioscience. Previously he held financial and operational positions with Itel Corporation in Germany, Japan, England and the U.S. Mr. Schmid received his BA from the Commercial Trade School, Lucerne, Switzerland, and has studied International Business Management and Finance at San Francisco State University. A Swiss, Hans speaks German, French and conversational Japanese. |