Arthur J. Higgins
Consultant, Blackstone Healthcare Partners
Director Since 2007
Consultant, Blackstone Healthcare Partners of The Blackstone Group since June 2010. Mr. Higgins served as Non-Executive Chairman of the Board of Assertio Holdings, Inc., successor issuer to Assertio Therapeutics, Inc., from May 2020 until December 2020. Prior to that, he served as President and Chief Executive Officer and a member of the board of directors of Assertio Therapeutics, Inc. from March 2017 until its merger with Zyla Life Sciences in May 2020. Previously, Mr. Higgins served as Chairman of the Board of Management of Bayer HealthCare AG from January 2006 to May 2010 and Chairman of the Bayer HealthCare Executive Committee from July 2004 to May 2010. Prior to joining Bayer HealthCare in 2004, Mr. Higgins served as Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Enzon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. from 2001 to 2004. Prior to that, Mr. Higgins spent 14 years with Abbott Laboratories, most recently as President of the Pharmaceutical Products Division from 1998 to 2001. He graduated from Strathclyde University, Scotland and holds a B.S. in biochemistry.
Other Public Board Memberships
- Ecolab Inc.
- Past director of Assertio Holdings, Inc. (until December 2020)
- Past director of Assertio Therapeutics, Inc. (until May 2020)
- Past director of Endo International plc (until March 2017)
Chair of the Compensation and Management Development Committee
Member of the Quality, Regulatory and Technology Committee