Managing Director & Country Speaker, Merck Holding (China) Co. Ltd General Manager, Merck Performance Materials in China

Mr. E. Allan Gabor took the roles of Managing Director and Country Speaker of Merck Holding (China) Co. Ltd and General Manager of Merck Performance Materials in China from February 2018. With his new appointment, Mr. Gabor became a permanent member of the Performance Materials Global Leadership Committee. Starting from January 2016, Mr. Allan Gabor assumed the position of President of Asia Pacific for the biopharma business of the Merck Group. Before Mr. Gabor was promoted to President of the Asia-Pacific region, he was the President and CEO for the biopharma business in China since 2013 and was instrumental in expanding Merck’s Asian footprint with a series of investments in China. Prior to joining Merck, Mr Gabor spent 25 years at Pfizer in leadership roles including Chairman and General Manager for China. In recognition of his tireless contribution towards the economic construction, social development and international exchange and cooperation of Shanghai, Mr Gabor has been awarded the Magnolia (Baiyulan) Award twice by the Shanghai municipal government. Mr Gabor holds a BA in Communications from the College of Wooster and pursued further education at the University of Tennessee and Harvard Business School.