Julie Kane

Vice President, Ethics & Compliance
Novartis Corporation

Julie Kane is Vice President of Ethics & Compliance for Novartis Corporation. Previously, Ms. Kane was Vice President of Ethics & Compliance for Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation. In that role, she was responsible for directing the Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation Compliance Program.

Ms. Kane joined Novartis as an environmental lawyer, and served in positions of increasing responsibility in the Novartis Corporation Legal Department. She was named Chief Environmental Counsel in 1994 and Vice President, Health, Safety & Environment, Corporate Citizenship and Novartis Emergency Management (NEM) for Novartis Corporation in 2000. In 2004, she began in a marketing rotation to gain experience in the commercial side of the US pharmaceuticals business.

Prior to joining Novartis, Ms. Kane was an associate at the law firm of McCutchen, Doyle, Brown & Enersen in San Francisco. She has a B.A from Williams College and a J.D. from the University of San Francisco School of Law.