Executive Vice President and Chief Operating & Financial Officer
An image of Charles Wagner, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating & Financial Officer at Vertex Pharmaceuticals

Charles Wagner

Executive Vice President and Chief Operating & Financial Officer
An image of Charles Wagner, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating & Financial Officer at Vertex Pharmaceuticals

Charlie has deep corporate finance and health care experience, including nearly two decades in public and private company Chief Financial Officer roles. He joined Vertex in 2019 and oversees the accounting, finance, human resources, internal audit, investor relations, business development transactions and alliance management, portfolio and program management, corporate communications, and global security and facilities functions. 

He holds a B.S. in accounting from Boston College and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School. Before joining the Vertex leadership team, he held leadership roles at Ortho Clinical Diagnostics (a Carlyle Group portfolio company), Bruker Corporation, Progress Software Corporation and Millipore Corporation. 

In addition to his responsibilities at Vertex, Charlie serves on the board of directors for The TJX Companies, Inc. and is a member of its Audit and Finance Committee.

Charlie has deep corporate finance and health care experience, including nearly two decades in public and private company Chief Financial Officer roles. He joined Vertex in 2019 and oversees the accounting, finance, human resources, internal audit, investor relations, business development transactions and alliance management, portfolio and program management, corporate communications, and global security and facilities functions. 

He holds a B.S. in accounting from Boston College and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School. Before joining the Vertex leadership team, he held leadership roles at Ortho Clinical Diagnostics (a Carlyle Group portfolio company), Bruker Corporation, Progress Software Corporation and Millipore Corporation. 

In addition to his responsibilities at Vertex, Charlie serves on the board of directors for The TJX Companies, Inc. and is a member of its Audit and Finance Committee.