Executive Vice President, R&D, Sanofi-Aventis, Paris, France. In November 2009, Marc Cluzel was appointed executive Vice President (VP) of R&D at Sanofi-Aventis. He has a medical and biochemical education from the university of Montpellier, France, and was a Visiting Assistant Professor at the Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA, then a Research Associate at Guy's Hospital in London, UK, before joining Sanofi-Aventis in 1991. He was appointed VP of International Development in 2001, Senior VP of International Development in 2005 and Senior VP of R&D in January 2007.