AstraZeneca CFO to Join Goldman Sachs

AstraZeneca PLC (London, UK, www.astrazeneca.com) has announced the resignation of its CFO Jon Symonds, at the end of July. Symonds joined Zeneca in 1997 as CFO after 17 years at KPMG. Within months of joining, he was involved in the merger negotiations with Swedish pharmaceutical company, Astra. After completion of the merger in 1999, Symonds was appointed CFO for AstraZeneca PLC. Symonds leaves AstraZeneca in mid September to join Goldman Sachs.