Dr. Richard Nieman MB BS FRCP (UK) is Vice President and Head of R&D China at BMS and joined the company in September 2018. In this role, he leads and oversees all R&D activity for BMS in China. • Before joining BMS, Richard spent five years at Teva Pharmaceutical as Senior Vice President, Global Medical Officer and Head of Medical where he was responsible for leading the worldwide medical and HEOR organization of over 550 people. During this time, he was also a Visiting Professor at Fudan University School of Public Health, Shanghai, one of China’s leading universities. • Prior to joining Teva in January 2013, Richard spent three years in Beijing, China as Vice President and Medical Head of Asia for Bayer, responsible for leading the R&D-based medical organizations in China, Japan and throughout the AsiaPacific Region. • Richard grew up in the UK and qualified as a medical doctor in London at Imperial College (St Mary’s). He worked in the British NHS as a respiratory physician at St. Mary's Hospital, London, and at the Royal Brompton National Heart and Lung Institute, UK. During this time, he made some important research contributions to asthma, Cystic Fibrosis and AIDS. • In 2009, Richard was honored by being elected a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians, UK for his contributions to medicine. In 2017, he was an invited panelist at the World Economic Forum meeting of the New Champions in China. • Richard is currently based in Shanghai, China.