Zeneca was at last demerged from its parent firm, ICI 捷利康公司终于从其母公司帝国化工集团中分离了出来。
Following the AstraZeneca merger he led the group's operations in the US before succeeding Sir Tom McKillop the former chairman of Royal Bank of Scotland as chief executive. 在阿斯特拉与捷利康(Zeneca)合并为阿斯利康后,他负责该集团的美国业务,之后接替汤姆麦基洛普爵士(SirTomMcKillop)前苏格兰皇家银行(RBS)董事长担任该集团首席执行官。
Though directors unanimously supported the deal, sir Tom who had overseen the merger of Astra and Zeneca warned that a cross-border deal would be more complex. 尽管董事们一致支持这笔交易,但汤姆爵士他曾负责阿斯特拉(astra)和捷利康(zeneca)的合并警告称,跨境交易将更为复杂。