DUBLIN, Ohio, June 30, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Cardinal Health, a
global healthcare services and products company, today announced
the appointment of Pamela O. Kimmet
as Chief Human Resources Officer, effective today. Pam joins the
company from Coca-Cola Enterprises, where she was senior vice
president, Human Resources. She will report to George S. Barrett, chairman and CEO of Cardinal
Health.
"Pam is an enormously talented executive, and we are delighted
that she will be part of our Cardinal Health team. She brings a
wealth of experience on a global basis and across all human
resource functions. Her track record of cultivating teams and
developing talent is particularly valuable to support our
strategies," said Barrett.
"Pam will join an outstanding team of human resource
professionals who have been led by Carole
Watkins, who is retiring following a 30-year career in Human
Resources, including 20 years with Cardinal Health. Carole has been
a trusted partner to me and our team, and we wish her great joy as
she begins her retirement," Barrett continued.
For more than 25 years, Pam has built outstanding Human
Resources (HR) teams and programs. During her tenure at Coca-Cola
Enterprises, Pam served as a key management advisor to the board of
directors and led a team responsible for all aspects of HR around
the world. Before joining Coca-Cola in 2008, Pam held lead HR
positions at both Bear Stearns & Co. and Lucent Technologies.
Prior to that, she held strategic HR positions at Citigroup and
General Motors.
In 2009, Pam was named a Fellow by the National Academy of Human
Resources in the U.S. She serves on a variety of boards, including
the HR Policy Association (HRPA) and Cornell's Center for Advanced Human Resources
Studies, as well as the University of South
Carolina's Center for Executive Succession. Pam chairs
the HRPA's Board for the Center on Executive Compensation and
chaired the board of the National Business Group on Health for many
years, retiring from that post in March. She is also a member of
the Personnel Roundtable. In March
2016, Pam was appointed to the board of directors for
Manulife, the international financial services group.
Pam is a member of the Dean's Advisory Council for the School of
Industrial and Labor Relations at Cornell
University and also serves on the Friends of Winship
Advisory Board of the Winship Cancer Institute at Emory
University.
Pam received an MBA from Michigan State
University. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Industrial
and Labor Relations from Cornell University.
About Cardinal Health
Cardinal Health, Inc. (NYSE: CAH), a global health services and
products company, brings scaled solutions that help our customers
thrive in a changing world. We improve the cost-effectiveness of
healthcare through solutions that improve the efficiency of the
supply chain; optimize the process and performance of healthcare;
provide clinically proven, daily use medical products and
pharmaceuticals; and connect patients, providers, payers,
pharmacists and manufacturers for seamless care coordination and
better patient management. Backed by nearly 100 years of
experience, we rank among the top 50 on the Fortune 500 and
among the Fortune Global 100. We support our partners
with more than 37,000 employees in nearly 60 countries worldwide.
For more information, visit cardinalhealth.com and @CardinalHealth
on Twitter.
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