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Title: Executive Vice President, Chief Technical Operations & Risk Officer

Company: Johnson & Johnson Industry: Healthcare & Life Sciences

As Chief Technical Operations & Risk Officer, Kathryn Wengel is responsible for leading Johnson & Johnson’ s core technical operations and risk management capabilities. She leads quality and compliance and a range of risk functions alongside crossfunctional supply chain teams. Before her current appointment, she served for nine years as J & J’ s Executive Vice President and Chief Global Supply

Chain Officer, where she managed one of the world’ s most complex healthcare supply chains. She has more than three decades of leadership experience across the company, including being the first to take on the role of Chief Quality Officer. Since taking on this first C-suite role in 2010, J & J has seen its revenue grow by more than 50 %. Outside of J & J, Kathryn is also a member of the National Association of Manufacturers Board of Directors.

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