He succeeds Roz Brewer, who revealed her departure last month.
Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. has tapped Tim Wentworth as its new chief executive officer as it moves further away from its drugstore origins and into healthcare.
Most recently, Wentworth was founding CEO of Evernorth, Cigna’s health services organization that partners with health plans, employers and government organizations. Prior to Cigna, Wentworth was CEO of Express Scripts, the largest pharmacy benefit manager in the U.S., following the company’s merger with Medco Health Solutions, Inc. in 2012.
“The WBA board has been focused on bringing in a CEO with deep healthcare experience, and we are pleased to welcome Tim Wentworth as the company’s new CEO,” said Stefano Pessina, executive chairman of. “He is an accomplished and respected leader with profound expertise in the payer and pharmacy space as well as supply chain, IT and human resources. We are confident he is the right person to lead WBA’s next phase of growth into a customer-centric healthcare company.
The former chief operating officer of Starbucks and Sam’s Club executive was named CEO in March 2021, just as COVID-19 vaccines were becoming available to the American public. She built and led a team to set up the technology for a vaccine scheduling system, created a safe operating model for store labor, and developed a plan to drive vaccine equity. But the company has struggled to regain its footing since.. We use vendors that may also process your information to help provide our services.
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