Sidonie Golombowski-Daffner was appointed Chairperson and President of Advanced Accelerator Applications (AAA), a Novartis company in October 2019. Prior to this, Sidonie was General Manager, Novartis Pharma GmbH Nürnberg and Country President Germany since 2017. In this capacity, she was also a member of the Supervisory Boards of Novartis Deutschland GmbH and Novartis Pharma GmbH, Country Executive Committee, Innovative Medicines Committee and Pharma Leadership Team Region Europe. Sidonie holds a Ph.D. in Neuroscience from Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (Germany) and has additional qualifications in Business Administration.