GSK top official to visit Bangladesh

Ramil Burden, vice president for developing countries Asia and external affairs Africa at GlaxoSmithKline, is scheduled to arrive in Dhaka to address the Brac Frugal Innovation Forum 2015 that begins in the capital today.

This year's Forum brings together leading development practitioners, impact investing experts and social entrepreneurs to explore financially sustainable solutions for the development sector in the post-2015 era.

Burden is currently responsible for external affairs, communications, public health and access programmes for Africa in addition to GSK's operations in Bangladesh, Myanmar, Cambodia, Laos and Papua New Guinea, GSK said in a statement yesterday.

He joined GSK in 2005 and has held a number of roles in government affairs and corporate strategy, according to the statement.

Burden has also served as head of the office of the chief executive and head of corporate strategy and secretary to GSK's central executive team.