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Mr. Hammergren, age 46, was named Chairman of the Board effective July 31, 2002 and was named President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company effective April 1, 2001. He was Co-President and Co-Chief Executive Officer of the Company from July 1999 until April 2001. He was Executive Vice President of the Company and President and Chief Executive Officer of the Supply Management Business from January 1999 to July 1999; Group President, McKesson Health Systems from 1997 to 1999 and Vice President of the Company since 1996. He is a director of Nadro, S.A. de C.V. (Mexico) and Verispan LLC, entities in which the Company holds interests. Hammergren is also a member of the Hewlett Packard board of directors. He has been a director of the Company since 1999.
John H. Hammergren is Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of McKesson Corporation. He has been a director of McKesson since 1999 and was elected President and CEO in 2001 and Chairman in 2002. He has served as President of Supply Management and as Executive Vice President for the pharmaceutical, medical-surgical, pharmacy automation and pharmacy outsourcing businesses of the company. He joined McKesson in January 1996 to lead McKesson Health Systems, a business unit focused on the pharmaceutical supply management needs of healthcare institutions.
Under Hammergren's leadership, McKesson has emerged as the leading provider of supply, information and care management solutions designed to reduce the cost and improve the quality of healthcare. During his tenure, the company has doubled its revenues to $80B, tripled its earnings, expanded into new markets and advanced to no. 15 on the Fortune 500. It has also experienced a cultural transformation driven by the establishment of a set of core values, a commitment to continuous process improvement, and a collaborative approach to serving its customers.
In 2004, Hammergren received the Cap Gemini Ernst & Young Leadership Award for Global Integration and the Warren Bennis Award for Leadership. In addition, he has twice been named one of Modern Healthcare's 100 Most Powerful People in Healthcare. Hammergren is a member of the Hewlett Packard board of directors. In addition, he serves on the executive board of Verispan, a healthcare information company and McKesson joint venture.
Prior to joining McKesson, Hammergren led the Medical-Surgical division of Kendall Healthcare Products Company, and held a series of general management positions at Baxter Healthcare Corporation/American Hospital Supply Corporation and Fujisawa Healthcare between 1981 and 1991.
Hammergren earned his bachelor's in Business Administration from the University of Minnesota, and his master's from Xavier University in Cincinnati. | 