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BRUSSELS, July 14, 2022 /PRNewswire=KYODO JBN/--

- Mars Petcare announces former Johnson & Johnson executive Nefertiti Greene as

member of Global Petcare Leadership team

- Greene will head new division within Mars Petcare, Science & Diagnostics

- Demonstrates company's deep commitment to advancing science and innovation

Today, Mars Petcare [https://www.mars.com/made-by-mars/petcare], the leading

pet health, services, and nutrition company, has named Nefertiti Greene as

President of the business's new division, Science & Diagnostics. Reporting to

Loic Moutault, President of Mars Petcare, and as a member of the Petcare

leadership team, Greene will oversee the growing diagnostics business and lead

science across Mars Petcare, including the Waltham Petcare Science Institute

[https://www.waltham.com/].

For more than 50 years, Mars Petcare has been advancing science to better

understand pets' needs and overall wellbeing.  Our research teams work across

multiple disciplines such as optimal nutrition for pets, data science, dog and

cat microbiome, and biomarkers of health and disease.  This year Mars Petcare

announced the world's first pet biobank [https://www.marspetcarebiobank.com/],

to bring unique insights enabling the delivery of health solutions for pets.

The new Mars Petcare Science & Diagnostics division builds on the business'

heritage in science and leadership in predictive diagnostics.

Loic Moutault, Mars Petcare Global President said: "Nefertiti will play an

integral role in the continued growth of our diagnostics business and

accelerate the impact of our science. We're very proud of our diagnostics

business, which has a central role in the broader Mars Petcare ecosystem as an

important way we deliver on our Purpose.  And we recognize that shifting from

curative to preventative veterinary care depends on being able to accurately

predict and diagnose disease in pets."

Greene joins Mars Petcare from Johnson & Johnson (J&J) where she served as Head

of Enterprise Strategy and Chief of Staff to the CEO. She brings almost 30

years of industry experience spanning general management, commercial

operations, pre-clinical and clinical research across both the pharmaceutical

and medical technology sectors. Prior to her current role, Greene held several

previous positions at J&J including U.S. President, Ethicon, Inc., a

multi-billion-dollar U.S. general surgery business. Before that, Greene served

as Global President, Ethicon, and President of Janssen Therapeutics where she

had P&L responsibility for the company's U.S. infectious diseases and vaccines

pharmaceutical business. She began her career in scientific research with

Regeneron and went on to work in clinical research, marketing, and commercial

operations with various pharmaceutical companies, including four years as the

U.S. division head for diabetes with Bayer before joining J&J.

Greene said: "I am excited to join the Mars Petcare leadership team and look

forward to using my experience in the healthcare industry to help build on the

successes in diagnostics and science at Mars Petcare. As a pet owner I'm

looking forward to helping further the reach and impact of diagnostics and

science for pets around the world."

While at J&J, Greene was an executive advisor for the Enterprise Veterans

Leadership Council, and a member of the North America Diversity Equity and

Inclusion Enterprise advisory board. She is currently a member of the Executive

Leadership Council and in 2019 was recognized by NAFE (National Association of

Female Executives) as P&L Leader of the Year. Greene is also a member of the

Board of Trustees of the Women's Sports Foundation.

Greene joins Mars Petcare on July 18, 2022.

About Mars Petcare:

At Mars Petcare [https://www.mars.com/made-by-mars/petcare] we have one

purpose: A BETTER WORLD FOR PETS™. Through comprehensive veterinary care,

nutrition, breakthrough diagnostics, wearable health monitoring, DNA testing

and pet welfare we help pets in more than 130 countries. For decades we've

supported research into the incredible science of human animal interaction at

the Waltham Petcare Science Institute [https://www.waltham.com/] where

scientists discover important advances in pet health and wellness.  Mars

Petcare is part of Mars, Incorporated [https://www.mars.com/], a global,

family-owned business with a focus on becoming Sustainable in a Generation

[https://www.mars.com/sustainability-plan]. Follow us on LinkedIn

[https://www.linkedin.com/uas/login?session_redirect=%2Fshowcase%2F7794150]

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SOURCE: Mars Petcare