Leadership
Cambrex’s executive team are seasoned life science professionals with extensive experience leading successful organizations. They provide the vision and strategy that has guided the company through 40 years of transformation — overseeing significant investments in capacity and new capabilities that will further solidify the company’s position as a leading CDMO. Most importantly, they lead by example demonstrating the importance of collaboration and customer service as a clear competitive advantage. Alongside a growing team of more than 2,400 employees, Cambrex leaders partner with customers in their quest to bring novel, life-changing therapies to the market.


Thomas Loewald
Chief Executive Officer
Mr. Loewald joined Cambrex in September 2020 and currently serves as Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Loewald is a 15-year veteran of Thermo Fisher Scientific, where he served in several senior executive roles during his tenure, including Chief Commercial Officer, President of the Analytical Instruments Group, President of the Laboratory Products Group, and President of the Laboratory Equipment and Environmental Instrument Divisions. Earlier in his career, he held leadership positions at Tyco International and General Electric. Mr. Loewald currently serves on the Board of Directors of Harvard BioScience, a global developer, manufacturer, and marketer of a broad range of solutions to advance life science.

Robert Green
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Mr. Green joined Cambrex in January 2020 and currently serves as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Green was previously with General Electric Corporation, where he began his career in 1990 and was most recently CFO of GE Power, a global business unit with $35 billion in revenue operating in 180 countries. In his tenure at GE, Robert served as CFO for eight global business units, including as CFO of GE Healthcare Bio-Sciences, a leading medical diagnostic and life sciences products company.

Samantha M. Hanley
Senior Vice President and General Counsel
Ms. Hanley joined Cambrex in April 2009 and currently serves as Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary. She previously held the positions of Assistant General Counsel and Assistant Corporate Secretary from January 2013 until February 2015, and Senior Intellectual Property/Corporate Counsel and Assistant Secretary prior to that. Before joining Cambrex, Ms. Hanley worked at Alpharma Pharmaceuticals as Director of Intellectual Property and was an Associate with Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholtz & Mentlik, LLP, an intellectual property law firm.

Dorothy Donnelly-Brienza
Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer
Ms. Donnelly-Brienza joined Cambrex in June 2019 and currently serves as Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer. Previously, Ms. Donnelly-Brienza held the position of Chief Human Resources Officer of Cantel Medical from 2017 to 2019. Prior to that, she held a variety of leadership roles, including almost 20 years at Johnson & Johnson, including CHRO for Ethicon. Ms. Donnelly-Brienza also held senior executive roles at Merck and Bristol-Myers Squibb.

Brandon Fincher
Chief Strategy Officer
Mr. Fincher joined Cambrex in April 2017 and currently serves as Chief Strategy Officer. Mr. Fincher previously served in leadership roles in pharmaceuticals and contract services organizations across multiple disciplines including finance, marketing, strategy, and operations, most recently as Business Unit CFO at INC Research. Prior to that, Mr. Fincher held various positions in engineering, supply chain, and finance at Novartis.

Frank Ferrante
Chief Mergers & Acquisitions Officer
Mr. Ferrante joined Cambrex in March 2022 and currently serves as Chief Mergers & Acquisitions Officer. Mr. Ferrante previously held the position of Vice President, M&A and Business Development at Quest Diagnostics where he led company-wide M&A and business development efforts, including sourcing and execution of acquisitions and divestitures as well as enterprise level partnerships. Prior to that, Mr. Ferrante held roles of increasing responsibility in Corporate Development at Thermo Fisher Scientific and in management consulting at Bain & Company.