Ashley McEvoy exits Johnson & Johnson after 27 years

Johnson & Johnson (J&J) government vice-president (EVP) and MedTech worldwide chair Ashley McEvoy will depart after almost three a long time on the firm, marking a brand new period of management.

McEvoy joined J&J when she was 26 years previous as an assistant product director on Tylenol. Since becoming a member of, her profession blossomed as she led 5 companies within the J&J household.

In an open letter shared on LinkedIn, she expressed her appreciation for the corporate and the alternatives she had been given. She mentioned: “I’m pleased with the best way we now have reworked the MedTech enterprise right into a growth-focused innovator: collectively over the previous 5 years, we now have taken our development from 1.5% to eight%, deployed greater than $22bn in capital in acquisitions, and pushed into new markets, together with coronary heart failure, imaginative and prescient, and a robotics enterprise we constructed from scratch.”

McEvoy will formally depart from J&J in Q1 2024 to assist with the position transition.

Tim Schmid will change her as the brand new EVP and worldwide chair of MedTech, bringing over 30 years of expertise to the place. He served as the corporate group chair of J&J MedTech Asia Pacific (APAC). He held a number of management positions in gross sales, strategic advertising and marketing and basic administration throughout a number of companies and geographies, together with chief strategic buyer officer for J&J MedTech. He additionally performed a pivotal half in elevating the position of the APAC area as a rising centre for MedTech experimentation, digital innovation, and expertise.

Discussing her substitute McEvoy mentioned: “Tim has made the Asia Pacific into considered one of our quickest rising areas, and beforehand as Chief Buyer Officer, he led a change of J&J’s relationships with hospital methods within the US. Tim is extra than simply my successor, he’s a trusted good friend and companion.

“Once I had my fourth baby, Tim ran the enterprise whereas I used to be on depart, and after I went to run Imaginative and prescient, he backfilled my position as worldwide president of Ethicon, so it’s each becoming and significant that I’m passing the baton to him now.”

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