Merck Tbk announced that Isabel De Paoli, currently Head of Group Strategy, has been appointed Head of Group Communications effective March 9, 2016. In her new role, she will be responsible for all global communications at Merck. Walter Huber, who currently holds the position, will retire following the Group's annual earnings press conference on March 8, 2016.

On August 1, 2015, Isabel De Paoli will hand over operational responsibility for Group Strategy, which since the beginning of the year has also included Group Organization, to Heiko Schon. Isabel De Paoli will use the time until March to prepare for her new role. Isabel De Paoli joined Merck in August 2006 as Business Development Manager Chemicals and was appointed Head of Strategic Planning Oncology in 2009.