Sheldon Jones

Vice President, Communications
Novartis Corporation

Sheldon Jones is Vice President, Communications. He is responsible for the coordination of the Novartis communication activities in North America, including corporate reputation and branding management, media relations, philanthropy and internal communications.

In addition, Mr. Jones provides counsel in issues management for the Novartis Group Companies, which include Novartis Pharmaceuticals, Sandoz, Over the Counter, Novartis Animal Health, Novartis Medical Nutrition, Gerber, CIBA Vision and Novartis Institutes of Biomedical Research.

Mr. Jones's career spans more than 30 years of communications experience with Amoco, Phillips Petroleum Company, Imperial Chemical Industries (ICI), as well as his own agency, S. Jones Public Relations, and CIBA-Geigy, which merged with Sandoz to form Novartis.

Although considered skilled in a variety of communication areas, Mr. Jones's career has provided him with a depth of experience on corporate reputation and crisis and issues management.

Mr. Jones attended Central Missouri State University where he earned a BS degree in Public Relations.