BD Elects Company Veteran as Its Incoming Chairman Vincent A. Forlenza, CEO of Becton Dickinson and

BD Elects Company Veteran as Its Incoming Chairman
Vincent A. Forlenza, CEO of Becton Dickinson and Company (BD), has been appointed board chairman. Forlenza has been with the Franklin Lakes, N.J-based medical technology company since 1980, and has served as CEO since October 2011. He succeeds Edward J. Ludwig as chairman, who is retiring from BD. Forlenza will assume his additional duties on July 1.

Prior to CEO, Forlenza was chief operating officer since July 2010. He also has served as president, executive vice president, president of BD Biosciences, and senior vice president of technology, strategy and development. During his tenure at BD, he has served in positions of increasing responsibility both in the United States and in Europe. He also has served as chairman and director of
AdvaMedDx, a division of the Advanced Medical Technology Association that focuses on diagnostics, since October 2010. He chairs the Valley Hospital Board of Trustees at Valley Health Systems in Ridgewood, N.J., and is a member of the advisory board for the P.C. Rossin College of Engineering and Applied Sciences at Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pa.

Forlenza holds a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from Lehigh University and an M.B.A. from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

“Vince has demonstrated strong leadership and strategic vision during his time as CEO, and he has a deep understanding of BD, the medical technology industry and the global healthcare environment. We are confident that he is the right person to chair our board,” said Henry P. Becton Jr., BD’s lead director.