Management tracks

The Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry named Mike Thompson chief executive, effective March 1. Thompson was SVP of global commercial strategy and platforms at GlaxoSmithKline plc (LSE:GSK; NYSE:GSK).

Cepheid Inc. (NASDAQ:CPHD) promoted COO Warren Kocmond from EVP to president; he will remain COO. The diagnostics company also named Marc Haugen EVP of engineering and operations. He was group VP of worldwide operations and supply chain at Applied Materials Inc. (NASDAQ:AMAT). ...