Novartis’ chief digital officer stepping down; plus moves at Taysha, Roivant, Faze and more

Bertrand Bodson, chief digital officer at Novartis AG (NYSE:NVS; SIX:NOVN), will step down from the pharma’s executive committee on Feb. 1. Bodson took on the newly created role at Novartis in January 2018 to integrate new digital technologies throughout the company. Novartis is now merging its digital function and business services to build a new organization dubbed Customer & Technology Solutions, which will be led by Robert Weltevreden, who has served as head of Novartis Business Services since 2018. 

Taysha Gene Therapies Inc. (NASDAQ:TSHA) hired Timothy Douros as chief legal officer and corporate secretary and Tracy Porter as chief people officer. Douros was SVP, general counsel at bluebird bio Inc. (NASDAQ:BLUE); Porter was VP, head of human resources at Audentes Therapeutics Inc., which was acquired by Astellas Pharma Inc. (Tokyo:4503) in December 2019...