Pharmaceutical company Actavis has appointed Jonathon Kellerman as global chief compliance officer. Kellerman is a member of the Actavis Executive Leadership Team and will report directly to Chief Executive Officer Brent Saunders.

Kellerman joins Actavis from PwC, where he was a partner in PwC's Pharmaceutical and Life Sciences Advisory practice, responsible for helping lead the firm's Governance, Risk & Compliance practice, including a global team of over 100 diverse professionals.

Kellerman brings extensive experience in compliance and sales and marketing performance improvement, including global anti-bribery/anti-corruption program assessment, design and implementation work; building and implementing effective global compliance programs; managing fraud investigations and remediation activities; re-engineering processes supporting key commercial and R&D business activities and compliance controls; and re-designing how companies engage health care professionals.