PARIS (Reuters) - Sanofi executive vice president and chief financial officer, Jerome Contamine, plans to retire later this year, the French drugmaker said on Tuesday.

In an emailed statement, a spokesman with Sanofi said Contamine would "work with the company on finding a replacement and assist with the transition once a successor has been named".

Contamine, 60, a graduate of Ecole Polytechnique, France's most prestigious engineering school, joined Sanofi in 2009 after holding a senior management position with water and waste group Veolia.

(Reporting by Matthias Blamont; Editing by Alison Williams)

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