Michael Fürst

Michael Fürst

Dr. Michael Fürst is currently the head of social innovation and strategy at Novartis. His accountabilities reach from the implementation of the Novartis Corporate Responsibility and Access to Medicines strategy, inclusive business model innovation, innovative finance, ESG investor relations, measurement and evaluation, materiality analysis, stakeholder engagement, policy and more. Michael is a key partner for the business to develop and run social business models such as Novartis Access and Novartis Healthy Families. Michael was the secretary of the Corporate Responsibility Board of Novartis and is an author and editor of articles and books on corporate responsibility, social entrepreneurship, integrity management, risk and good governance.

Corporate responsibility (CR) has come a long way.

A few years ago, it was associated with terms like compliance, philanthropy and reputation management. In today’s discussions, concepts such as risk prevention and shared value dominate....