UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
 
Form 6-K
 
REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16
UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
 
 
 
For the month of January, 2020
 
Commission File Number 001-15170
 
 
GlaxoSmithKline plc
(Translation of registrant's name into English)
 
 
980 Great West Road, Brentford, Middlesex, TW8 9GS
(Address of principal executive office)
 
 
 
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.
 
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Issued: 8 January 2020, London UK
 
Deborah Waterhouse, CEO of ViiV Healthcare, to join GSK Corporate Executive Team (CET)
 
 
GlaxoSmithKline plc (LSE/NYSE: GSK) today announced that Deborah Waterhouse, CEO of global specialist HIV company ViiV Healthcare, will join GSK's Corporate Executive Team (CET) with immediate effect. ViiV Healthcare is majority owned by GSK, with Pfizer Inc. and Shionogi Limited as shareholders.
 
Deborah joined GSK in 1996 and has worked in a number of commercial leadership roles in Europe, Asia-Pacific and the USA. She has a strong track record of performance in both specialty and primary care medicines and brings further commercial focus to the CET.
 
 
 
About GSK
GSK is a science-led global healthcare company with a special purpose: to help people do more, feel better, live longer. For further information please visit www.gsk.com/about-us.
 
About ViiV Healthcare
ViiV Healthcare is a global specialist HIV company established in November 2009 by GlaxoSmithKline (LSE: GSK) and Pfizer (NYSE: PFE) dedicated to delivering advances in treatment and care for people living with HIV. Shionogi joined in October 2012. The company's aim is to take a deeper and broader interest in HIV/AIDS than any company has done before and take a new approach to deliver effective and new HIV medicines, as well as support communities affected by HIV. For more information on the company, its management, portfolio, pipeline, and commitment, please visit www.viivhealthcare.com.
 
 
GSK enquiries:
 
 
 
 
UK Media enquiries:
Simon Steel
+44 (0) 20 8047 5502
(London)
 
 
Mary Hinks-Edwards
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Analyst/Investor enquiries:
Sarah Elton-Farr
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(London)
 
 
Danielle Smith
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(London)
 
 
James Dodwell
+44 (0) 20 8047 2406
(London)
 
 
 
 
Cautionary statement regarding forward-looking statements
 
GSK cautions investors that any forward-looking statements or projections made by GSK, including those made in this announcement, are subject to risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially from those projected. Such factors include, but are not limited to, those described under Item 3.D 'Principal risks and uncertainties' in the company's Annual Report on Form 20-F for 2018.
 
 
Registered in England & Wales:
 
No. 3888792
 
 
Registered Office:
 
980 Great West Road
Brentford, Middlesex
TW8 9GS
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
SIGNATURES
 
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorised.
 
GlaxoSmithKline plc
 
(Registrant)
 
 
Date: January 08, 2020 
 
 
 
 
By:/s/ VICTORIA WHYTE
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Victoria Whyte
 
Authorised Signatory for and on
 
behalf of GlaxoSmithKline plc