Bernard Poussot has been named to the position of president and vice chairman of Wyeth. He is currently executive vice president, Wyeth. In addition to Mr. Poussot's current responsibilities for Wyeth Pharmaceuticals and Wyeth R&D, he now assumes leadership for the Wyeth Consumer Healthcare and Fort Dodge Animal Health divisions of Wyeth.

Mr. Poussot began his career at Wyeth in 1986. In 1996, he was appointed president of Wyeth-Ayerst International and he was promoted to president of the worldwide pharmaceutical business in 1997. In 2002, he was promoted to executive vice president, Wyeth, assuming responsibility for Wyeth R&D.

Kenneth Martin has been promoted to the position of chief financial officer and vice chairman of Wyeth. Mr. Martin continues to head the finance organization for the company and will take on additional responsibility for Information Services and Global Business Operations, Wyeth's infrastructure initiative. He joined Wyeth (then American Home Products) in 1984 in the finance department. In 1995, he became president of American Home Food Products and in 1997, he was promoted to president of Wyeth Consumer Healthcare (then Whitehall-Robins Healthcare). Mr. Martin has been Wyeth's chief financial officer since 2000 and was named executive vice president in 2002.

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