Before founding Care Capital, Mr. Leschly was Chief Executive of SmithKline Beecham PLC (“SB”) from 1994 to 2000. He joined SB as Chairman of the Worldwide Pharmaceutical business in 1990 and was elected to the Board of Directors in 1990.
Before joining SB, Mr. Leschly served as President and COO, Squibb Corporation. He joined Squibb in 1979 as Vice President, Commercial Development and in 1984 he was elected Group Vice President and a Member of the Board of Directors with responsibility for the Worldwide Pharmaceuticals Products Group. Prior to this he worked for seven years with Novo Nordisk, where he served as Executive Vice President and President of the Pharmaceutical Division.
Mr. Leschly is a member of the Boards of Directors of the American Express Company and the APM-Maersk Group.
Before his business career, Mr. Leschly made his name in professional tennis, achieving the rank of 10th in the world in 1967.
Born in Denmark, Mr. Leschly received a Master of Science in Pharmacy from the Copenhagen College of Pharmacy and a B.S. in Business Administration from the Copenhagen School of Economics and Business Administration.
