Cardinal Health Hires Former JNJ Executive

Cardinal Health, based in Dublin, Ohio, has named former Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) executive Donald M. Casey Jr. as its new medical segment CEO. Casey joins Cardinal from the Gary and Mary West Wireless Health Institute, where he served as the company’s first CEO. Prior to that, he spent 24 years at JNJ, where his most recent position was worldwide chairman of JNJ’s Comprehensive Care Group, including its cardiovascular, diagnostic, diabetes and vision franchises.

Casey started at JNJ in 1985, in the sales and marketing department of JNJ-owned McNeil Consumer Products. Over the next twenty years he advanced through the ranks as company group chairman of LifeScan and Animas Corp., group chairman and president of the Vision Care Franchise, president of the Johnson & Johnson-Merck joint venture, and president of eJNJ. He holds a bachelor’s degree and MBA from the University of Notre Dame.

Casey will officially begin his position as CEO of Cardinal’s medical products and services business effective April 16th. Casey’s predecessor, Mike Lynch, will be working with him over the next few weeks for a seamless changeover. Lynch will continue in an advisory capacity until September.

The Cardinal Health medical products and services division provides a range of medical products with focus primarily on cost effectiveness.