• ABBOTT LABS Key Executives

  • Total Compensation: $ 11.52 M
    Mr. White has served as Abbott's chairman of the board and chief executive officer since 1999. He served as an executive vice president of Abbott from 1998 to 1999, as senior vice president, diagnostics operations from 1994 to 1998, and as vice president, diagnostics systems operations from 1993 to 1994. Mr. White joined Abbott in 1984. He received both his bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering and M.B.A. degree from Stanford University. He serves on the board of trustees of The Culver Educational Foundation, The Field Museum in Chicago, and Northwestern University. He serves as a director of Motorola Inc.
    Total Compensation: $ 3.18 M
    Freyman joined Abbott on February 1, 1979, and has served in a number of financial planning and analysis positions. In 1984, Freyman was appointed finance director for Abbott's European distribution center in the Netherlands. He was appointed division controller, corporate materials management in 1987 and treasurer, international division in 1988. He was elected vice president and treasurer in 1991. 1999 to 2001 - Vice President, Hospital Products Controller. 2001 to 2004 - Senior Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer. 2004 to present - Executive Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Abbott, Freyman was a certified public accountant with Ernst & Whinney, Chicago. Freyman is a member of the Economic Club of Chicago. He also serves as a member of the board of directors of Vista Health and the Chicago Botanic Garden. He earned a bachelor's degree in accountancy from the University of Illinois and a master's degree in management from Northwestern University's Kellogg Graduate School of Management. Freyman was born in Evanston, Ill., on September 8, 1954. He resides in north suburban Chicago.
    Laura J. Schumacher - General Counsel
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    Laura J. Schumacher, 2007 - Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary; 2005 to 2007 - Senior Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel; 2003 to 2005 - Vice President, Secretary and Deputy General Counsel; 2003 - Divisional Vice President, Litigation; Elected Corporate Officer - 2003.
    Greg W. Linder - Vice President
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    Greg W. Linder, 2002 to present - Vice President and Controller; 2000 to 2001 - Vice President and Treasurer; Elected Corporate Officer - 1999.
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    Mr. Scott has served as chairman, president and chief executive officer of Corn Products International since 1997. He was president of the Corn Refining Division of CPC International from 1995 through 1997, when CPC International spun off Corn Products International as a separate corporation. Mr. Scott serves on the board of directors of Bank of New York, Motorola, Inc., Accion International and the Chicago Council on Foreign Relations. He also serves as a trustee of The Conference Board. Mr. Scott graduated from Fairleigh Dickinson University.
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    Mr. Osborn has been chairman of Northern Trust Corporation since 1995 and served as its chief executive officer from 1995 through 2007. Mr. Osborn is a director of Caterpillar Inc. and Tribune Company. He is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Museum of Science and Industry, Northwestern University, and Northwestern Memorial HealthCare and serves as chairman of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association. He holds a B.A. degree and an M.B.A. degree from Northwestern University.
    Glenn F. Tilton - Director
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    Mr. Tilton has been chairman, president and chief executive officer of UAL Corporation and United Air Lines, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of UAL Corporation since September 2002. From October 2001 to August 2002, he served as vice chairman of ChevronTexaco Corporation (global energy). In addition, from May 2002 to September 2002 he served as non-executive chairman of Dynegy, Inc. (energy). From February to October 2001 he served as chairman and chief executive officer of Texaco Inc. (global energy). He previously served as president of Texaco's Global Business Unit.
    Thomas F. Chen - Senior VP, Divisional
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    Thomas F. Chen, 2006 to present - Senior Vice President, Nutrition International Operations; 2005 to 2006 - Vice President, Nutrition International, Asia and Latin America; 2005 - Vice President, Nutrition International, Asia, Canada, Latin America; 2003 to 2005 - Vice President, Abbott International, Pacific/Asia/Africa Operations; Elected Corporate Officer - 1998.
    Roy S. Roberts - Director
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    Mr. Roberts has served as managing director of Reliant Equity Investors since September 2000. Mr. Roberts retired from General Motors in April 2000. At the time of his retirement, he was group vice president for North American Vehicle Sales, Service and Marketing of General Motors Corporation, having been elected to that position in October 1998. Prior to that time, he was vice president and general manager in charge of Field Sales, Service and Parts for the Vehicle Sales, Service and Marketing Group from August 1998 to October 1998, general manager of the Pontiac-GMC Division from February 1996 to October 1998, and general manager of the GMC Truck Division from October 1992 to February 1996. Mr. Roberts first joined General Motors Corporation in 1977 and became a corporate officer of General Motors Corporation in April 1987. Mr. Roberts earned a bachelor's degree from Western Michigan University. He serves as a director of Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation, as Trustee Emeritus at Western Michigan University, and as past president and on the National Board of Directors for the Boy Scouts of America.
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    Mr. Smithburg retired from Quaker Oats in October 1997. Mr. Smithburg joined Quaker Oats in 1966 and became president and chief executive officer in 1981, and chairman and chief executive officer in 1983 and also served as president from November 1990 to January 1993 and again from November 1995. Mr. Smithburg was elected to the Quaker board in 1978 and served on its executive committee until he retired. He is a director of Smurfit-Stone Container Corporation, Northern Trust Corporation, and Corning Incorporated. He is a member of the board of trustees of Northwestern University. Mr. Smithburg earned a B.S. degree from DePaul University and an M.B.A. degree from Northwestern University.
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    Dr. Reynolds served as the president of The University of Alabama at Birmingham from 1997 to 2002 and as director of its Center for Community Outreach and Development from 2002 through 2003. From 1990 to 1997, Dr. Reynolds served as chancellor of The City University of New York. Prior to that, she served as chancellor of The California State University system, provost of The Ohio State University and associate vice chancellor for research and dean of the graduate college of the University of Illinois Medical Center, Chicago. She also held appointments as professor of anatomy, research professor of obstetrics and gynecology, and acting associate dean for academic affairs at the University of Illinois College of Medicine. Dr. Reynolds is a graduate of Emporia State University (Kansas) and holds M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in zoology from the University of Iowa. She is also a director of Humana Inc., Owens-Corning, Invitrogen, and the News-Gazette, Champaign, Illinois.
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    Mr. Powell had been associated with Baylor University Medical Center since 1980 when he was named president and chief executive officer. In August 2001, Mr. Powell retired from his position as Chairman of Baylor Health Care System. Prior to joining Baylor, he was president of Hendrick Medical Center in Abilene, Texas. He is a director of Comerica Bank-Texas, U.S. Oncology, and United Surgical Partners International and a fellow of the American College of Health Care Executives. Mr. Powell is a graduate of Baylor University. He received a master's degree in hospital administration from the University of California.
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    Mr. Fuller was elected president of Amoco Corporation in 1983 and chairman and chief executive officer in 1991. As the result of the merger of British Petroleum, p.l.c. and Amoco effective December 31, 1998, he became co-chairman of BP Amoco, p.l.c. He retired from that position in April 2000. He is a director of Cabot MicroElectronics Corporation, Verde Group and The Nature Conservancy of South Carolina, and a life trustee of The Orchestral Association and presidential counselor of Cornell University.
    William M. Daley - Director
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    Mr. Daley has served as the senior executive of the Midwest region and serves on the JPMorgan Chase & Co. Executive Committee and on its International Council since May 2004. He served as President, SBC Communications, Inc. (diversified telecommunications) from December 2001 to May 2004. Mr. Daley was vice chairman of Evercore Capital Partners L.P. from January to November 2001. From June to December 2000, Mr. Daley served as chairman of Vice President Albert Gore's 2000 presidential election campaign. Mr. Daley served as the U.S. Secretary of Commerce from January 1997 to June 2000. Mr. Daley serves on the board of directors of The Boeing Company, The Art Institute of Chicago, Joffrey Ballet of Chicago, Loyola University of Chicago, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, and Northwestern University. He also sits on the Council on Foreign Relations. Mr. Daley is a graduate of Loyola University in Chicago and of John Marshall Law School.
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    David Owen is a British subject. He was a neurologist and Research Fellow on the Medical Unit of St. Thomas' Hospital, London, from 1965 through 1968 and a member of Parliament for Plymouth in the House of Commons from 1966 until he retired in May of 1992. In 1992, he was created a Life Peer and a Member of the House of Lords. In August of 1992, the European Union appointed him Co-Chairman of the International Conference on Former Yugoslavia. He stepped down in June of 1995. He was chairman of Global Natural Energy p.l.c. (an owner and operator of gasoline retailing sites) from 1995 to 2006. Lord Owen was Secretary for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs from 1977 to 1979 and Minister of Health from 1974 to 1976.
    W. James Farrell - Director
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    Mr. Farrell served as the chairman of Illinois Tool Works Inc. from 1996 to 2006 and as its chief executive officer from 1995 to 2005. He serves on the board of directors of Allstate Insurance Company, UAL Corporation, and 3M.
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    Mrs. Austin is the president of Austin Investment Advisors, a private investment and consulting firm. Prior to that, she served as president and chief operating officer of DIRECTV, Inc. from June 2001 to December 2003. She also served as executive vice president of Hughes Electronics Corporation and as a member of its executive committee until December 2003. From 1997 to June 2001, Mrs. Austin was the corporate senior vice president and chief financial officer of Hughes Electronics Corporation. Mrs. Austin served as Hughes Electronics' vice president, treasurer, chief accounting officer and controller from December 1996 to July 1997; as its vice president, treasurer, and controller from July 1996 to December 1996; and as its vice president and controller from July 1993 to July 1996. Prior to joining Hughes, Mrs. Austin was a partner at the accounting firm Deloitte & Touche. Mrs. Austin earned her B.B.A. degree in accounting from the University of Texas at San Antonio. She serves on the board of trustees of the California Science Center. Mrs. Austin serves on the board of directors of Target Corporation and Teledyne Technologies Inc.
    John C. Landgraf - Divisional Senior VP
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    John C. Landgraf, 2004 to present - Senior Vice President, Global Pharmaceutical Manufacturing and Supply. 2003 to 2004 - Vice President, Quality Assurance and Compliance, Medical Products Group. 2002 to 2003 - Vice President, Operations, Diagnostic Products. 2000 to 2002 - Vice President, Corporate Engineering. 2000 - Divisional Vice President, Manufacturing, Abbott International Division. Elected Corporate Officer - 2000.
    Holger Liepmann - Executive VP, Divisional
    Total Compensation: $ 2.86 M
    Holger A. Liepmann, 2006 to present - Executive Vice President, Global Nutrition; 2006 - Executive Vice President, Pharmaceutical Products Group; 2004 to 2006 - Senior Vice President, International Operations; 2003 to 2004 - Vice President, Japan Operations, Abbott International Division; 2001 - Divisional Vice President and Regional Director, Europe; Elected Corporate Officer - 2001.
    Jeffrey R. Binder - Divisional Senior VP
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    2006 to present - Senior Vice President, Diagnostic Operations; 2005 to 2006 - Vice President and President, Abbott Spine; 2004 to 2005 - Vice President and President, Spinal Concepts; 2003 to 2004 - President, Spinal Concepts; 2002 to 2003 - President and CEO, Spinal Concepts, Inc. (innovator in spinal fixation technology); Elected Corporate Officer - 2004.
    Olivier Bohuon - Senior VP, Divisional
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    Olivier Bohuon, 2006 to present - Senior Vice President, International Operations; 2003 to 2006 - Vice President, European Operations; 2002 to 2003 - Senior Vice President, European Commercial Operations, GlaxoSmithKline (a British based pharmaceutical, biologicals and healthcare company); Elected Corporate Officer - 2003.
    Stephen R. Fussell - Divisional Senior VP
    Total Compensation: $ 2.70 M
    Stephen R. Fussell, 2005 to present - Senior Vice President, Human Resources. 2003 to 2005 - Vice President, Compensation and Development. Elected Corporate Officer - 1999.
    James L. Tyree - Executive VP, Divisional
    Total Compensation: $ 2.68 M
    James L. Tyree, 2007 - Executive Vice President, Pharmaceutical Products Group; 2006 to 2007 - Senior Vice President, Pharmaceutical Operations; 2006 - Senior Vice President, Global Nutrition; 2005 to 2006 - Senior Vice President, Nutrition International Operations; 2003 to 2005 - Vice President, Global Licensing/New Business Development; Elected Corporate Officer - 2001.
    Robert B. Hance - Senior VP, Divisional
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    Robert B. Hance, 2006 to present - Senior Vice President, Diabetes Care Operations; 2006 - Vice President and President, Vascular Solutions; 2003 to 2006 - Vice President and President, Vascular Solutions; Elected Corporate Officer - 1999.
    Edward L. Michael - Executive VP, Divisional
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    Edward L. Michael, 2007 - Executive Vice President, Diagnostics; 2007 - Senior Vice President, Medical Products; 2003 to 2007 - Vice President and President, Molecular Diagnostics; 2003 - Vice President, Immunoassay/Clinical Chemistry; 2003 - Vice President, Diagnostic Assays; Elected Corporate Officer - 1997.
    Donald V. Patton, Jr. - Senior VP, Divisional
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    Donald V. Patton Jr., 2007 - Senior Vice President, Abbott Nutrition Products Division; 2006 to 2007 - Vice President, Diagnostic Global Commercial Operations; 2005 to 2006 - Vice President, Commercial Operations; 2004 to 2005 - Vice President, International Marketing; Elected Corporate Officer - 2004.
    Mary T. Szela - Senior VP, Divisional
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    Mary T. Szela, 2007 - Senior Vice President, Pharmaceutical Operations; 2006 - Vice President, Commercial Pharmaceutical Operations; 2003 to 2006 - Vice President, Pharmaceutical Products, Primary Care Operations; Elected Corporate Officer - 2001.
    John M. Capek - Executive VP, Divisional
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    John M. Capek, 2007 to present - Executive Vice President, Medical Devices; 2006 to 2007 - Senior Vice President, Abbott Vascular; 2006 - Vice President, Abbott Vascular; 2005 to 2006 - President, Guidant Vascular Intervention; 2003 to 2005 - Vice President and General Manager, Bioabsorbable Vascular Solutions (a subsidiary of Guidant Corporation); 2002 to 2003 - President, Guidant Vascular Intervention; Elected Corporate Officer - 2006.
    Joseph M. Nemmers, Jr. - Divisional Executive VP
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    Nemmers joined Abbott in January 1980. He has held various leadership positions in commercial operations, manufacturing and materials management in the diagnostics, hospital products, pharmaceutical and international divisions. Nemmers served as the vice president and executive director of the Clara Abbott Foundation from 1999 to 2000, and in 2001, was named divisional vice president, Acquisition Integration Management in Abbott's International Division, where he directed Abbott's integration of the Knoll acquisition. Abbott's Board of Directors elected Nemmers a corporate vice president in December 2001. He spent the first six months of 2002 as vice president, hospital products business sector, infusion therapy, in the Hospital Products Division. He was then named vice president, Diagnostics Breakthrough Organization, Abbott Diagnostics Division. In September of 2002, Nemmers became vice president, global commercial operations, diagnostics. He was elected to his current position in September 2003. Nemmers is a third generation Abbott employee. He has a bachelor's degree in history from Arizona State University. He is a former commissioned officer in the United States Army Reserve, where he served for thirteen years. Nemmers has served as the Chairman of the Board of Directors for both the United Way of Lake County and for Carmel High School. He is on the Board of Directors of Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) and the Boys and Girls Club of Waukegan. Nemmers has also served on the Supervisory Board of Abbott Management GmbH and Abbott Holding GmbH. Nemmers was born in Libertyville, Ill., on December 22, 1954. He resides in north suburban Chicago.
    Total Compensation: $ 8.94 M
    Total Compensation: $ 3.17 M
    Gary E. McCullough - Divisional Senior VP
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    Gary E. McCullough joined Abbott and was elected senior vice president, Ross Products, by Abbott's Board of Directors on Dec. 15, 2003. McCullough is responsible for overseeing the Ross Products Division, a world leader in adult and infant nutrition. Before joining Abbott, McCullough served as senior vice president, Americas, for Wm. Wrigley Jr. Co. Prior to that, he held several progressively responsible positions in brand marketing and general management at The Procter and Gamble Co. He also served in the U.S. Army where he rose to the rank of captain. McCullough serves as a board member of The Sherwin Williams Co. He earned a bachelor's degree in science from Wright State University and a master's degree in business administration from the Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University. McCullough resides in Columbus, headquarters for the Ross Products Division.
    Richard W. Ashley - Divisional Executive VP
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    Richard W. Ashley, 2004 to present - Executive Vice President, Corporate Development; 2002 to 2003 - Senior Director, McKinsey and Company (a management consulting firm); Elected Corporate Officer - 2004.