Miles D. White is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Abbott, a global healthcare company with a leading portfolio of products and technologies in diagnostics, medical devices, nutritionals and branded generic pharmaceuticals. Mr. White, who joined Abbott in 1984, became Chairman and CEO in 1999. In addition to being Chairman of the Abbott Board of Directors, Mr. White currently serves on the boards of Caterpillar Inc., and McDonald's Corporation. He is a member of the board of the US-China Business Council, the Business Council, and the Business Roundtable. He is Chairman of The Culver Educational Foundation, a board trustee of Northwestern University, and a member of the Global Advisory Board at the Kellogg School of Management. He serves on the board of the Lyric Opera of Chicago, and is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Mr. White was formerly Chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. Mr. White earned both a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering and a master's degree in business administration from Stanford University. Jaime Contreras is Senior Vice President, Core Laboratory Diagnostics, Commercial Operations. He was appointed to his current role in September 2013. Previously, he served as Vice President, Diagnostics, Global Commercial Operations.Mr. Contreras joined Abbott in 1992, and has held various management positions in Abbott's Diagnostics Division, including Vice President for Europe, Africa and the Middle East; and General Manager of Commercial Operations in Spain, Portugal and Mexico. Prior to joining Abbott, Mr. Contreras was area director for Bayer in Mexico.Mr. Contreras serves on the board of directors of the European Diagnostic Manufacturers Association (EDMA) and on the Board of Directors of the Clara Abbott Foundation.He earned a bachelor's degree in industrial design from the Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana and a master's degree in business administration with specialty in Financial Engineering from the Universidad del Valle de Mexico. "Denis Gestin is Abbott's Senior Vice President, Global Commercial Integration. He was appointed to this role in January 2017. Previously, Denis served as St. Jude Medical’s President, International Division. Mr. Gestin joined St. Jude Medical in 1997, managing sales of cardiac rhythm management and catheter products in France. He was named managing director of St. Jude Medical France in 1999; and vice president, Northern Europe and Africa in 2002. In 2004, he was named president of SJM Europe, Middle East, Africa and Canada, and was named President, International Division in 2008.Prior to joining St. Jude Medical, Denis amassed substantive experience in the medical device industry in Europe, including a decade at ELA Medical. He holds an advanced degree in business from the Ecole des Cadres in Paris, France. " Elaine Leavenworth is Senior Vice President, Chief Marketing and External Affairs Officer. She was appointed to this role in December 2014.Previously, she had served as Abbott’s Vice President, Government Affairs. Ms. Leavenworth joined Abbott in 1991 and held various management positions of increasing responsibility in Abbott's Nutrition, International, and Health Systems divisions. She was elected a corporate officer in July of 1999.Prior to joining Abbott, Ms. Leavenworth was a principal with the consulting firm Louden & Company, where her work focused on marketing and strategy assignments for health care providers, suppliers, investors and associations. While at Louden & Company, she published numerous articles and several books, including The Hospital Group Purchasing Outlook, Home Care Joint Venturing, The Older Adult Market and Home Care - HMO/PPO Perspectives. Ms. Leavenworth also held marketing positions at G.D. Searle & Co. and American Hospital Supply Corporation.Ms. Leavenworth serves on the Board of Directors of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the Board of Trustees of the Goodman Theater, the Board of Advisors of the Duke Global Health Institute, and the Women’s Advisory Board of the Girl Scout Council of the Nation’s Capital. She is a member of the Economic Club of Chicago, The Chicago Network (where she served previously on the board of directors), and the Women’s Forum of Washington, D.C. She is the President of the Abbott Fund, Abbott’s philanthropic foundation, and she also served on the board of the Clara Abbott Foundation from 2005 to 2014.She earned a bachelor's degree in health policy from Duke University and a master's degree in business administration from Northwestern University. As Abbott's Senior Vice President, International Nutrition, Joe Manning is responsible for commercial operations in Southeast Asia, Europe/Middle East/Africa and Latin America. He was appointed to this role in January 2017.Since joining Abbott in Canada as a sales representative in 1995, Joe has held a variety of roles within Abbott’s Pharmaceutical and Nutrition organizations. Prior to his current appointment, Joe served within Abbott Nutrition as Commercial Director for Europe/Canada, as General Manager starting our commercial operations in Russia/CIS countries, as General Manager in Indonesia and, immediately prior to assuming his current role, as Vice President, Nutrition, Asia Pacific. While in Russia, Joe served as an advisor to Deti Nashe, initiating programs whose goal is to enroll and educate caregivers in orphanages on how to decrease social disorders related to children’s prolonged institutionalization. Joe received his bachelor’s degree in accounting from St. Mary’s University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Corlis Murray is Senior Vice President, Quality Assurance, Regulatory and Engineering Services. She was appointed to her current position in February 2012. Previously, she served as Vice President, Global Engineering Services. Ms. Murray joined Abbott in 1989. Since then, she has held a number of management positions in quality, operations and engineering in Abbott’s Diagnostics and Nutrition businesses. In Abbott Nutrition, she served as Divisional Vice President, Quality Assurance; Divisional Vice President, Manufacturing; and Divisional Vice President, Operations Services.Prior to joining Abbott, Ms. Murray worked at Recognition Equipment and Xerox Corporation. She is a board member of The Clara Abbott Foundation.She earned a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from Southern University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Daniel Salvadori is Abbott's Senior Vice President, Established Pharmaceuticals, Latin America. He assumed this role in September 2014.Prior to joining Abbott, Daniel was Chief Executive Officer, LATAM for CFR Pharmaceuticals.Under Daniel's leadership, Abbott’s pharmaceutical business in Latin America continues to make a positive difference in the lives of millions of people. "We improve lives in Latin America every day," he says. "In fact, more than 70 people benefit from one of our products in Latin America every second."Daniel earned his bachelor's degree in economics from Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel; and a master's degree in business administration from the Harvard Business School, Boston, Massachusetts. He is fluent in English, Spanish, French, Italian and Hebrew. Jared Watkin is Abbott’s Senior Vice President, Diabetes Care.Prior to assuming this role in June 2015, he served as Divisional Vice President, Technical Operations. Jared joined our company in 1996, when Abbott acquired Medisense, Inc. Since then, he’s held a number of key positions in Abbott Diabetes Care, including Senior R&D Director and Divisional Vice President, Research and Development. In what he describes as his "proudest Abbott moment," Jared led the team that developed our innovative Freestyle Libre Flash Glucose Monitoring System; and as he looks to the future, he's committed to "keeping Abbott Diabetes Care at the forefront of innovation, allowing us to provide better health, and a fuller life, to people with diabetes."Jared earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Biochemistry from the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, United Kingdom. Rick Gonzalez is Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of AbbVie, a global biopharmaceutical company employing approximately 29,000 people and marketing medicines in more than 175 countries. Prior to AbbVie’s separation from Abbott, Mr. Gonzalez was a 30-year Abbott veteran. He served as Executive Vice President, Pharmaceutical Products Group, where he led the global pharmaceutical business, including commercial operations, research and development and manufacturing. He also served as President and Chief Operating Officer, prior to a brief retirement. Miles D. White is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Abbott, a global healthcare company with a leading portfolio of products and technologies in diagnostics, medical devices, nutritionals and branded generic pharmaceuticals. Mr. White, who joined Abbott in 1984, became Chairman and CEO in 1999. In addition to being Chairman of the Abbott Board of Directors, Mr. White currently serves on the boards of Caterpillar Inc., and McDonald's Corporation. He is a member of the board of the US-China Business Council, the Business Council, and the Business Roundtable. He is Chairman of The Culver Educational Foundation, a board trustee of Northwestern University, and a member of the Global Advisory Board at the Kellogg School of Management. He serves on the board of the Lyric Opera of Chicago, and is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Mr. White was formerly Chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. Mr. White earned both a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering and a master's degree in business administration from Stanford University. Jaime Contreras is Senior Vice President, Core Laboratory Diagnostics, Commercial Operations. He was appointed to his current role in September 2013. Previously, he served as Vice President, Diagnostics, Global Commercial Operations.Mr. Contreras joined Abbott in 1992, and has held various management positions in Abbott's Diagnostics Division, including Vice President for Europe, Africa and the Middle East; and General Manager of Commercial Operations in Spain, Portugal and Mexico. Prior to joining Abbott, Mr. Contreras was area director for Bayer in Mexico.Mr. Contreras serves on the board of directors of the European Diagnostic Manufacturers Association (EDMA) and on the Board of Directors of the Clara Abbott Foundation.He earned a bachelor's degree in industrial design from the Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana and a master's degree in business administration with specialty in Financial Engineering from the Universidad del Valle de Mexico. "Denis Gestin is Abbott's Senior Vice President, Global Commercial Integration. He was appointed to this role in January 2017. Previously, Denis served as St. Jude Medical’s President, International Division. Mr. Gestin joined St. Jude Medical in 1997, managing sales of cardiac rhythm management and catheter products in France. He was named managing director of St. Jude Medical France in 1999; and vice president, Northern Europe and Africa in 2002. In 2004, he was named president of SJM Europe, Middle East, Africa and Canada, and was named President, International Division in 2008.Prior to joining St. Jude Medical, Denis amassed substantive experience in the medical device industry in Europe, including a decade at ELA Medical. He holds an advanced degree in business from the Ecole des Cadres in Paris, France. " Elaine Leavenworth is Senior Vice President, Chief Marketing and External Affairs Officer. She was appointed to this role in December 2014.Previously, she had served as Abbott’s Vice President, Government Affairs. Ms. Leavenworth joined Abbott in 1991 and held various management positions of increasing responsibility in Abbott's Nutrition, International, and Health Systems divisions. She was elected a corporate officer in July of 1999.Prior to joining Abbott, Ms. Leavenworth was a principal with the consulting firm Louden & Company, where her work focused on marketing and strategy assignments for health care providers, suppliers, investors and associations. While at Louden & Company, she published numerous articles and several books, including The Hospital Group Purchasing Outlook, Home Care Joint Venturing, The Older Adult Market and Home Care - HMO/PPO Perspectives. Ms. Leavenworth also held marketing positions at G.D. Searle & Co. and American Hospital Supply Corporation.Ms. Leavenworth serves on the Board of Directors of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the Board of Trustees of the Goodman Theater, the Board of Advisors of the Duke Global Health Institute, and the Women’s Advisory Board of the Girl Scout Council of the Nation’s Capital. She is a member of the Economic Club of Chicago, The Chicago Network (where she served previously on the board of directors), and the Women’s Forum of Washington, D.C. She is the President of the Abbott Fund, Abbott’s philanthropic foundation, and she also served on the board of the Clara Abbott Foundation from 2005 to 2014.She earned a bachelor's degree in health policy from Duke University and a master's degree in business administration from Northwestern University. As Abbott's Senior Vice President, International Nutrition, Joe Manning is responsible for commercial operations in Southeast Asia, Europe/Middle East/Africa and Latin America. He was appointed to this role in January 2017.Since joining Abbott in Canada as a sales representative in 1995, Joe has held a variety of roles within Abbott’s Pharmaceutical and Nutrition organizations. Prior to his current appointment, Joe served within Abbott Nutrition as Commercial Director for Europe/Canada, as General Manager starting our commercial operations in Russia/CIS countries, as General Manager in Indonesia and, immediately prior to assuming his current role, as Vice President, Nutrition, Asia Pacific. While in Russia, Joe served as an advisor to Deti Nashe, initiating programs whose goal is to enroll and educate caregivers in orphanages on how to decrease social disorders related to children’s prolonged institutionalization. Joe received his bachelor’s degree in accounting from St. Mary’s University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Corlis Murray is Senior Vice President, Quality Assurance, Regulatory and Engineering Services. She was appointed to her current position in February 2012. Previously, she served as Vice President, Global Engineering Services. Ms. Murray joined Abbott in 1989. Since then, she has held a number of management positions in quality, operations and engineering in Abbott’s Diagnostics and Nutrition businesses. In Abbott Nutrition, she served as Divisional Vice President, Quality Assurance; Divisional Vice President, Manufacturing; and Divisional Vice President, Operations Services.Prior to joining Abbott, Ms. Murray worked at Recognition Equipment and Xerox Corporation. She is a board member of The Clara Abbott Foundation.She earned a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from Southern University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Daniel Salvadori is Abbott's Senior Vice President, Established Pharmaceuticals, Latin America. He assumed this role in September 2014.Prior to joining Abbott, Daniel was Chief Executive Officer, LATAM for CFR Pharmaceuticals.Under Daniel's leadership, Abbott’s pharmaceutical business in Latin America continues to make a positive difference in the lives of millions of people. "We improve lives in Latin America every day," he says. "In fact, more than 70 people benefit from one of our products in Latin America every second."Daniel earned his bachelor's degree in economics from Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel; and a master's degree in business administration from the Harvard Business School, Boston, Massachusetts. He is fluent in English, Spanish, French, Italian and Hebrew. Jared Watkin is Abbott’s Senior Vice President, Diabetes Care.Prior to assuming this role in June 2015, he served as Divisional Vice President, Technical Operations. Jared joined our company in 1996, when Abbott acquired Medisense, Inc. Since then, he’s held a number of key positions in Abbott Diabetes Care, including Senior R&D Director and Divisional Vice President, Research and Development. In what he describes as his "proudest Abbott moment," Jared led the team that developed our innovative Freestyle Libre Flash Glucose Monitoring System; and as he looks to the future, he's committed to "keeping Abbott Diabetes Care at the forefront of innovation, allowing us to provide better health, and a fuller life, to people with diabetes."Jared earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Biochemistry from the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, United Kingdom. Rick Gonzalez is Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of AbbVie, a global biopharmaceutical company employing approximately 29,000 people and marketing medicines in more than 175 countries. Prior to AbbVie’s separation from Abbott, Mr. Gonzalez was a 30-year Abbott veteran. He served as Executive Vice President, Pharmaceutical Products Group, where he led the global pharmaceutical business, including commercial operations, research and development and manufacturing. He also served as President and Chief Operating Officer, prior to a brief retirement.

Miles D. White is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Abbott, a global healthcare company with a leading portfolio of products and technologies in diagnostics, medical devices, nutritionals and branded generic pharmaceuticals. Mr. White, who joined Abbott in 1984, became Chairman and CEO in 1999. In addition to being Chairman of the Abbott Board of Directors, Mr. White currently serves on the boards of Caterpillar Inc., and McDonald's Corporation. He is a member of the board of the US-China Business Council, the Business Council, and the Business Roundtable. He is Chairman of The Culver Educational Foundation, a board trustee of Northwestern University, and a member of the Global Advisory Board at the Kellogg School of Management. He serves on the board of the Lyric Opera of Chicago, and is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Mr. White was formerly Chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. Mr. White earned both a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering and a master's degree in business administration from Stanford University. Jaime Contreras is Senior Vice President, Core Laboratory Diagnostics, Commercial Operations. He was appointed to his current role in September 2013. Previously, he served as Vice President, Diagnostics, Global Commercial Operations.Mr. Contreras joined Abbott in 1992, and has held various management positions in Abbott's Diagnostics Division, including Vice President for Europe, Africa and the Middle East; and General Manager of Commercial Operations in Spain, Portugal and Mexico. Prior to joining Abbott, Mr. Contreras was area director for Bayer in Mexico.Mr. Contreras serves on the board of directors of the European Diagnostic Manufacturers Association (EDMA) and on the Board of Directors of the Clara Abbott Foundation.He earned a bachelor's degree in industrial design from the Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana and a master's degree in business administration with specialty in Financial Engineering from the Universidad del Valle de Mexico. "Denis Gestin is Abbott's Senior Vice President, Global Commercial Integration. He was appointed to this role in January 2017. Previously, Denis served as St. Jude Medical’s President, International Division. Mr. Gestin joined St. Jude Medical in 1997, managing sales of cardiac rhythm management and catheter products in France. He was named managing director of St. Jude Medical France in 1999; and vice president, Northern Europe and Africa in 2002. In 2004, he was named president of SJM Europe, Middle East, Africa and Canada, and was named President, International Division in 2008.Prior to joining St. Jude Medical, Denis amassed substantive experience in the medical device industry in Europe, including a decade at ELA Medical. He holds an advanced degree in business from the Ecole des Cadres in Paris, France. " Elaine Leavenworth is Senior Vice President, Chief Marketing and External Affairs Officer. She was appointed to this role in December 2014.Previously, she had served as Abbott’s Vice President, Government Affairs. Ms. Leavenworth joined Abbott in 1991 and held various management positions of increasing responsibility in Abbott's Nutrition, International, and Health Systems divisions. She was elected a corporate officer in July of 1999.Prior to joining Abbott, Ms. Leavenworth was a principal with the consulting firm Louden & Company, where her work focused on marketing and strategy assignments for health care providers, suppliers, investors and associations. While at Louden & Company, she published numerous articles and several books, including The Hospital Group Purchasing Outlook, Home Care Joint Venturing, The Older Adult Market and Home Care - HMO/PPO Perspectives. Ms. Leavenworth also held marketing positions at G.D. Searle & Co. and American Hospital Supply Corporation.Ms. Leavenworth serves on the Board of Directors of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the Board of Trustees of the Goodman Theater, the Board of Advisors of the Duke Global Health Institute, and the Women’s Advisory Board of the Girl Scout Council of the Nation’s Capital. She is a member of the Economic Club of Chicago, The Chicago Network (where she served previously on the board of directors), and the Women’s Forum of Washington, D.C. She is the President of the Abbott Fund, Abbott’s philanthropic foundation, and she also served on the board of the Clara Abbott Foundation from 2005 to 2014.She earned a bachelor's degree in health policy from Duke University and a master's degree in business administration from Northwestern University. As Abbott's Senior Vice President, International Nutrition, Joe Manning is responsible for commercial operations in Southeast Asia, Europe/Middle East/Africa and Latin America. He was appointed to this role in January 2017.Since joining Abbott in Canada as a sales representative in 1995, Joe has held a variety of roles within Abbott’s Pharmaceutical and Nutrition organizations. Prior to his current appointment, Joe served within Abbott Nutrition as Commercial Director for Europe/Canada, as General Manager starting our commercial operations in Russia/CIS countries, as General Manager in Indonesia and, immediately prior to assuming his current role, as Vice President, Nutrition, Asia Pacific. While in Russia, Joe served as an advisor to Deti Nashe, initiating programs whose goal is to enroll and educate caregivers in orphanages on how to decrease social disorders related to children’s prolonged institutionalization. Joe received his bachelor’s degree in accounting from St. Mary’s University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Corlis Murray is Senior Vice President, Quality Assurance, Regulatory and Engineering Services. She was appointed to her current position in February 2012. Previously, she served as Vice President, Global Engineering Services. Ms. Murray joined Abbott in 1989. Since then, she has held a number of management positions in quality, operations and engineering in Abbott’s Diagnostics and Nutrition businesses. In Abbott Nutrition, she served as Divisional Vice President, Quality Assurance; Divisional Vice President, Manufacturing; and Divisional Vice President, Operations Services.Prior to joining Abbott, Ms. Murray worked at Recognition Equipment and Xerox Corporation. She is a board member of The Clara Abbott Foundation.She earned a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from Southern University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Daniel Salvadori is Abbott's Senior Vice President, Established Pharmaceuticals, Latin America. He assumed this role in September 2014.Prior to joining Abbott, Daniel was Chief Executive Officer, LATAM for CFR Pharmaceuticals.Under Daniel's leadership, Abbott’s pharmaceutical business in Latin America continues to make a positive difference in the lives of millions of people. "We improve lives in Latin America every day," he says. "In fact, more than 70 people benefit from one of our products in Latin America every second."Daniel earned his bachelor's degree in economics from Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel; and a master's degree in business administration from the Harvard Business School, Boston, Massachusetts. He is fluent in English, Spanish, French, Italian and Hebrew. Jared Watkin is Abbott’s Senior Vice President, Diabetes Care.Prior to assuming this role in June 2015, he served as Divisional Vice President, Technical Operations. Jared joined our company in 1996, when Abbott acquired Medisense, Inc. Since then, he’s held a number of key positions in Abbott Diabetes Care, including Senior R&D Director and Divisional Vice President, Research and Development. In what he describes as his "proudest Abbott moment," Jared led the team that developed our innovative Freestyle Libre Flash Glucose Monitoring System; and as he looks to the future, he's committed to "keeping Abbott Diabetes Care at the forefront of innovation, allowing us to provide better health, and a fuller life, to people with diabetes."Jared earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Biochemistry from the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, United Kingdom. Rick Gonzalez is Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of AbbVie, a global biopharmaceutical company employing approximately 29,000 people and marketing medicines in more than 175 countries. Prior to AbbVie’s separation from Abbott, Mr. Gonzalez was a 30-year Abbott veteran. He served as Executive Vice President, Pharmaceutical Products Group, where he led the global pharmaceutical business, including commercial operations, research and development and manufacturing. He also served as President and Chief Operating Officer, prior to a brief retirement.