EX-24.1 4 a19-16979_1ex24d1.htm POWER OF ATTORNEY

Exhibit 24.1

 

POWER OF ATTORNEY

 

Each of the undersigned does hereby appoint GERALYN RITTER and JENNIFER ZACHARY, and each of them severally, as his/her true and lawful attorney to execute on behalf of the undersigned (whether on behalf of the Company, or as an officer or director thereof, or by attesting the seal of the Company, or otherwise) a Registration Statement in connection with the registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, of shares of Common Stock of Merck & Co., Inc. which may be issued under the Merck & Co., Inc. 2019 Incentive Stock Plan (the “Plan”) covered by this Registration Statement, including amendments thereto and all exhibits and other documents in connection therewith.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this instrument has been duly executed as of the 12th day of August 2019.

 

MERCK & CO., INC.

 

/s/ Kenneth C. Frazier

 

Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer

Kenneth C. Frazier

 

(Principal Executive Officer; Director)

 

 

 

/s/ Robert M. Davis

 

Executive Vice President, Global Services, and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer)

Robert M. Davis

 

 

 

 

/s/ Rita A. Karachun

 

Senior Vice President Finance—Global Controller

Rita A. Karachun

 

(Principal Accounting Officer)

 

 

DIRECTORS

 

 

/s/ Leslie A. Brun

 

/s/ Paul B. Rothman

Leslie A. Brun

 

Paul B. Rothman

 

 

 

/s/ Thomas R. Cech

 

/s/ Patricia F. Russo

Thomas R. Cech

 

Patricia F. Russo

 

 

 

/s/ Mary Ellen Coe

 

/s/ Inge G. Thulin

Mary Ellen Coe

 

Inge G. Thulin

 

 

 

/s/ Pamela J. Craig

 

/s/ Wendell P. Weeks

Pamela J. Craig

 

Wendell P. Weeks

 

 

 

/s/ Thomas H. Glocer

 

/s/ Peter C. Wendell

Thomas H. Glocer

 

Peter C. Wendell

 

 

 

/s/ Rochelle B. Lazarus

 

 

Rochelle B. Lazarus