“Sir Andrew Witty has been named the president of UnitedHealth Group Inc., the company announced Monday morning. Witty is currently the CEO of Optum, a role he will stay in…”
“Witty came to Optum in 2018 from British pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline, where he was CEO for almost 10 years. In 2012, he was knighted by the Queen for services to the British economy.”
“The role of UnitedHealth Group president has been unoccupied recently, but Wichmann filled it from 2014 to 2017 before he was named CEO.”
“Movement between UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH) and its two largest constituent companies, UnitedHealthcare and Optum, is not unusual. For example, current UnitedHealthcare CEO Dirk McMahon came from Optum earlier this year, while Optum’s president Dan Schumacher came from UnitedHealthcare…” Read the full article here.
Source: Optum CEO Andrew Witty named as UnitedHealth Group president – By Carrigan Miller, November 11, 2019. Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal.
