Management Team
Rajiv De Silva
Rajiv De Silva is President, Chief Executive Officer and a Director of Endo. Prior to joining Endo in March 2013, Mr. De Silva served as the President of Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc. from October 2010 to January 2013 and served as its Chief Operating Officer, Specialty Pharmaceuticals from January 2009 until January 2013. He was responsible for all specialty pharmaceutical operations, including sales and marketing, research and development, manufacturing and business development. He has broad international experience, having managed businesses in the United States, Europe, Canada, Latin America, Asia, South Africa and Australia/New Zealand. Prior to joining Valeant, Mr. De Silva held various leadership positions with Novartis. He served as President of Novartis Vaccines USA and Head, Vaccines of the Americas at Novartis. During this time, he played a key leadership role at Novartis' Vaccines & Diagnostics Division. Mr. De Silva also served as President of Novartis Pharmaceuticals Canada. He originally joined Novartis as Global Head of Strategic Planning for Novartis Pharma AG in Basel, Switzerland. Prior to his time at Novartis, Mr. De Silva was a Principal at McKinsey & Company and served as a member of the leadership group of its Pharmaceuticals and Medical Products Practice.
Mr. De Silva has been a Director of AMAG Pharmaceuticals, Inc. since February 2012. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Engineering, Honors from Princeton University, a Master of Science from Stanford University and a Master of Business Administration with Distinction from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.
Larry Cunningham
Larry Cunningham, Executive Vice President, Human Resources, joined Endo Pharmaceuticals in May 2008. In this role he leads all aspects of human resources in enabling the development and growth of Endo. Prior to joining Endo, Mr. Cunningham led Johnson & Johnson’s global recruiting and talent acquisition organization. Mr. Cunningham also has extensive business-based human resources leadership experience. He was Vice President, Human Resources, for DePuy, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson, which he joined following the acquisition of Centocor, where he was Vice President, Human Resources. Prior to joining Centocor, Mr. Cunningham gained extensive domestic and international experience in human resources management and organization development at Rhone-Poulenc Rorer (now Sanofi-Aventis) and Corning Clinical Laboratories (now Quest Diagnostics). Mr. Cunningham holds a B.A. in Labor Studies from the Pennsylvania State University and a Master of Science in Business Administration from Temple University.
Camille Farhat
Camille Farhat joined Endo in September 2012 as President of AMS, a world leader in developing and delivering medical devices and procedures to treat patients with pelvic health conditions. Mr. Farhat brings broad global experience from assignments in 10 countries and nine industries over 22 years. He is a business executive with a track record of revitalizing, turning around, and profitably growing businesses. Before joining Endo, Mr. Farhat held the position of General Manager of Baxter Pharmaceuticals & Technologies (BPT). Camille joined Baxter in February 2006 as General Manager of Global Infusion Systems. Prior to Baxter, Mr. Farhat was with Medtronic where he held the position of Vice President of Business Development after he was Global General Manager of Medtronic’s Gastroenterology and Urology division. He spent 13 years with General Electric (GE) where he gained broad executive experience with assignments in many businesses, geographies, and functional areas, leading up to his final role with the company as General Manager for the Computed Tomography (CT) business.
He holds a Master of Business Administration from Harvard University, a degree in European Union Studies from Institut National d’Etudes Politiques de Paris, and a Bachelor of Sciences (summa cum laude) in International Finance and Accounting from Northeastern University.
Ivan Gergel, M.D.
Ivan Gergel was appointed Executive Vice President, Research & Development and Chief Scientific Officer in April 2008. Prior to joining Endo, Dr. Gergel was Senior Vice President of Scientific Affairs and President of the Forest Research Institute of Forest Laboratories Inc. Prior to that, Dr. Gergel served as Vice President and Chief Medical Officer at Forest and Executive Vice President of the Forest Research Institute. He joined Forest in 1998 as Executive Director of Clinical Research following nine years at SmithKline Beecham, and was named Vice President of Clinical Development and Clinical Affairs in 1999. Dr. Gergel received his M.D. from the Royal Free Medical School of the University of London and an MBA from the Wharton School. Dr. Gergel is a member of the Board of Directors of Pennsylvania BIO, a member of PhRMA’ s Scientific and Regulatory Executive Committee as well as a member of the Board of Directors of the PhRMA Foundation.
Kelly Huang, Ph.D.
Kelly Huang joined Endo in August 2011 as President of HealthTronics, Inc., a healthcare services and medical devices company focused primarily in urology. Dr. Huang brings extensive experience leading global businesses through the integration of scientific, consumer, and professional insights to create value by putting the customer and patient at the center. Prior to joining Endo, Dr. Huang held the position of Vice President of Research & Development and was a corporate officer of Neutrogena Corporation, a Johnson & Johnson company. Prior to Neutrogena in 2009, as Vice President with Johnson & Johnson’s Development Corporation since 2006, Dr. Huang established and headed an Internal Venture to develop a transformational delivery platform based on genetic engineering for discovery and design of novel protein. In addition, he held leadership positions within Johnson & Johnson’s Consumer business, which included spending two years in Paris, France, which drove innovation globally. He obtained his Doctorate and Masters degrees in Chemical Engineering from Stanford University in California. He also holds a Bachelors degree in Chemical Engineering, with a minor in Chemistry, from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.
Denise Hudson
Denise Hudson, Executive Vice President, Enterprise Quality and Supply Chain, joined Endo Pharmaceuticals in March 2011. Ms. Hudson brings over 20 years of pharmaceutical supply chain experience to Endo, with expertise in redesigning and improving organizational processes for maximum productivity. Prior to joining at Endo, Ms. Hudson was Senior Vice President of Global Supply Chain and Quality for Shire Pharmaceuticals, where she developed and executed global supply chain strategies resulting in increased organizational performance and flexibility. Ms. Hudson has served in a variety of leadership positions, including Vice President of Operations with Johnson & Johnson Development Corporation and Vice President of Process Excellence Worldwide Pharmaceuticals with Johnson & Johnson Worldwide Pharmaceuticals Group as well as a number of supply chain management positions at other pharmaceutical companies. Ms. Hudson holds a B.A. in Economics from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill and a Masters in Business Administration from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.
Alan G. Levin
Alan G. Levin was appointed Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer in June 2009. Prior to joining Endo, Mr. Levin worked with Texas Pacific Group, a leading private equity firm, and one of their start-up investments in Emerging Markets. Before that, he was Senior Vice President & Chief Financial Officer of Pfizer, Inc. where he worked for 20 years in a variety of executive positions of increasing responsibility, including Treasurer and Senior Vice President of Finance & Strategic Management for the company’s research and development organization. He received a bachelor’s degree from Princeton University and a master’s degree from New York University’s Stern School of Business. Mr. Levin is a certified public accountant and a member of the Advisory Board of Auven Therapeutics, a private equity fund.
Caroline B. Manogue
Caroline B. Manogue has served as Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary since 2004. Prior to joining Endo in 2000 as Endo’s Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, she practiced law in the New York office of the law firm Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, where she specialized in mergers & acquisitions, securities and corporate law. At Endo, she is responsible for all aspects of the company’s legal function, including securities law, litigation, government affairs, intellectual property and commercial law, as well as overseeing compliance with current laws and existing pharmaceutical company guidelines relating to, among other things, clinical, sales and marketing practices. In her capacity as Secretary, she is responsible for corporate governance matters and reports directly to the Board of Directors. Ms. Manogue received her J.D. from Fordham Law School and her B.A. cum laude from Middlebury College. She was the 2011-2012 Chairperson of the PhRMA Law Section and is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Healthcare Institute of New Jersey (“HINJ”) and a member of HINJ’s Finance and Audit Committee.
Julie H. McHugh
Julie H. McHugh was appointed Chief Operating Officer in March 2010. Prior to joining Endo, Ms. McHugh was the CEO of Nora Therapeutics, Inc., a venture capital-backed biotech company focused on the treatment of infertility disorders. Prior to joining Nora Therapeutics, she was Company Group Chairman for Johnson & Johnson's Worldwide Virology Business Unit, which included oversight of a R&D portfolio including compounds for HIV, Hepatitis C, and Tuberculosis. Prior to her role as Company Group Chairman, Ms. McHugh was President of Centocor, Inc. a J&J subsidiary. Ms. McHugh received a Bachelor of Science degree from Pennsylvania State University and her masters of business administration degree from St. Joseph’s University. She currently serves on the Board of Directors of Viro Pharma Inc., the Board of Directors of the Biotechnology Organization (BIO), the Board of Directors of the New England Healthcare Institute (NEHI), the Board of Visitors for the Smeal College of Business of the Pennsylvania State University, and the Board of Directors for the Nathaniel Adamczyk Foundation. She is a past Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Pennsylvania Biotechnology Industry Organization.
Jon Smollen
Jon Smollen, Executive Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer, joined Endo in August 2011. In this role, he is responsible for the strategic direction and operations of Endo’s corporate compliance program. Mr. Smollen previously was Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer for Siemens Healthcare USA with responsibility for its laboratory diagnostic and diagnostic imaging businesses in the U.S. Prior to Siemens, Mr. Smollen held a number of leadership positions at Wyeth including Vice President, Commercial Excellence and Compliance and Chief Privacy Officer and established several global programs to strategically address existing and emerging industry requirements. Prior to Wyeth, Mr. Smollen was an Attorney Advisor to Federal Trade Commissioner Thomas B. Leary and was in private practice in Washington, D.C. He also served as a federal judicial clerk. He holds a B.A. from Georgetown University, an M.A. in International Relations from Columbia University and a J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law.