Executive Leadership
KEVIN BUCHI
Chief Executive Officer
Kevin Buchi was promoted to Chief Executive Officer of Cephalon in 2010, after serving the company in other capacities for almost 20 years.
Most recently, Mr. Buchi served as Chief Operating Officer and managed the company's global sales and marketing functions, as well as product manufacturing, business development and investor relations. From 1996 to 2009, he served as Chief Financial Officer and, from 2004, head of business development for the company. Mr. Buchi has played an instrumental role in the global growth of Cephalon through acquisitions and sound financial management. At various times in his career since joining Cephalon in 1991 as controller, Mr. Buchi has had oversight of corporate finance, accounting, information systems, facilities, human resources and administration.
Mr. Buchi graduated from Cornell University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in chemistry. He was a synthetic organic chemist for the Eastman Kodak Company before going on to obtain a master's degree in management from the J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University. He worked for a large public accounting firm before beginning his career in the pharmaceutical industry with E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company in 1983. Mr. Buchi is a certified public accountant, and he serves on the board of directors of Celator Pharmaceuticals, Inc. located in Princeton, New Jersey.