Boris L. Zaïtra
Head of Group Business Development – Mergers & Acquisitions, Business Development Finance and Real Estate Transactions
Boris is Head of Group Business Development / M&A at Hoffmann-La Roche and is based in Basel, Switzerland:  in this role, he leads Roche’s strategic mergers and acquisitions as well as Real Estate divestments across the Roche Group businesses and supports Pharma in-licensing transactions on the finance side. Boris joined Roche in April 2012 from the Airbus Group where he worked for seven years as Head of the Mergers & Acquisitions department. Prior to joining Airbus in late 2005, he was a Partner with the mid-market private equity firm Duke Street Capital and was involved in deals in the UK and France. Previously, he was an M&A Associate with JP Morgan in London, focusing primarily on the Oil & Gas industry.
Boris graduated from Ecole Polytechnique in France in 1995 and the Harvard Advanced Management Programme in 2009 (AMP 177). He is married with two young children.