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Zeus hires new CEO from Becton Dickinson

Paddy O’Brien will become CEO of Zeus on April 1, 2024. [Photo courtesy of Zeus]

Zeus has hired Padraic “Paddy” O’Brien as CEO from Becton, Dickinson and Co. effective April 1, the medical tubing supplier said today.

O’Brien is worldwide president of BD Peripheral Intervention, where he “developed an extensive and consistent track record of delivering durable, sustainable growth while creating a winning culture,” Zeus said in a news release.

O’Brien held management positions at Bard from 2001, rising to the position of global marketing VP by the time of the company’s December 2017 acquisition by BD.

He’ll replace Steve Peterson, who joined Zeus as SVP of global sales and marketing in 2017 and was promoted to president in 2018 and CEO in 2020.

Zeus recently closed its sale to private equity firm EQT, which said it hired O’Brien after an extensi…

The most important medtech leadership changes of 2023

Former Johnson & Johnson EVP and MedTech Worldwide Chair Ashley McEvoy [Photo courtesy of Johnson & Johnson]

From hirings and firings to promotions, resignations and surprising shake-ups, these were the most important medtech leadership changes of the year.

By Associate Editor Sean Whooley and Managing Editor Jim Hammerand

The leadership change at Johnson & Johnson MedTech was a surprising shift that ended up as the year’s biggest medtech leadership change of 2023.

In October, J&J EVP and J&J MedTech Worldwide Chair Ashley McEvoy announced her resignation from the world’s second-largest device manufacturer. She’s staying on into the first quarter of 2024 while her successor, Tim Schmid, gets settled into his new role.

Schmid, a 30-year J&J vet who was most recently company group chair of J&J MedTech Asia Pacific, said he’s “committed to building ev…

BD hires Carrier operations SVP to be chief integrated supply chain officer

Rishi Grover is EVP and chief integrated supply chain officer at Becton, Dickinson and Co. [Photo courtesy of BD]

Becton, Dickinson and Co. (NYSE: BDX) has hired Rishi Grover as EVP and chief integrated supply chain officer.

Grover joined the executive leadership team at Franklin Lakes, New Jersey-based BD on July 7. He will have global responsibility for leadership of the company’s supply chain, operations, procurement, sustainability, and environmental, health and safety (EHS) teams.

He replaces Alexandre Conroy, who will retire after a 31-year career with BD at the end of this year.

“I would like to thank Alex for his decades of leadership and dedication to BD, our customers and our teams,” BD Chair, President and CEO Tom Polen said in a news release. “He is a great example of how to build a successful career at BD, and we wish him all the best in his well deserved retir…

BD to purchase pharmacy automation firm Parata Systems

BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) (NYSE:BDX) has partnered with the private equity firm Frazier Healthcare Partners to acquire Parata Systems, a provider of pharmacy automation solutions. The purchase price of the acquisition is $1.525 billion.

Founded in 2006, Parata Systems offers a range of products and services, including medication adherence packaging technology and perpetual inventory management.

The Durham, North Carolina–based company has positioned its automation technology and software as a means to enable pharmacists to focus more on clinical work and patient interactions.

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