Dietmar Eidens is Executive Vice President, Human Resources for Merck Serono. He is also a member of the Pharmaceutical Executive Committee.
Mr. Eidens joined Merck Serono from F. Hoffmann-LaRoche, where he held various positions in Human Resources since 2001, first as Global Head of HR, Pharma Development, and since July 2005 as Global Head of HR, Pharma Research, Development and Licensing.
His previous professional experience includes senior global HR positions with Gap, Inc. in San Francisco, Tokyo and Düsseldorf. Prior to Gap, Mr. Eidens worked for Informix Software in Munich as Director Human Resources Europe, with Schlumberger Technologies as HR Manager for Germany, and with Electronics Data Systems as HR Manager Central Europe.
Mr. Eidens is a System Engineer Informatics of the CBI Institute in Wiesbaden, Germany. He holds a Master's Degree in English, Theology and Educational Sciences from the University of Mainz, Germany and an MBA from the Henley College in London.
Mr. Eidens is a German citizen and resides in Switzerland.