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Johnson & Johnson announced Friday that Sandra (Sandi) E. Peterson, group worldwide chairman for Johnson & Johnson, has announced her plans to retire from J&J effective October 1, 2018.
During her career at Johnson & Johnson, Peterson exercised strong portfolio discipline in the businesses she has led, clarifying priority markets and segments, and shepherding numerous deals, acquisitions and divestitures. During her tenure, the Consumer business performance showed solid improvement, the U.S. OTC business was restored to growth, and the Vision Care business regained market leadership in contact lenses and has become a leader in eye health.
In the past year, the Medical Device sector has made progress strengthening its foundation to improve performance and accelerate growth. Sandi has been instrumental in developing new partnerships in the areas of data science and technology for J&J.
Peterson joined Johnson & Johnson in December of 2012. Prior to joining the company, she was chairman and chief executive officer of Bayer CropScience AG in Germany. She had previously served as CEO of...