John H. Hammergren Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer McKesson Corporation

John H. Hammergren is Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of McKesson Corporation. He was elected President and CEO in 2001 and Chairman in 2002.

Under Mr. Hammergren’s leadership, McKesson has become the leading provider of healthcare services and information technology solutions that help organizations across the healthcare industry improve their business performance and deliver better care to patients.

During his tenure, the company has increased its revenues to $123 billion, expanded into new markets, advanced to number 14 on the Fortune 500 and been named the Most Admired healthcare wholesaler by Fortune Magazine.  

Mr. Hammergren currently serves on the Hewlett Packard board of directors and is a member of the Business Council and Business Roundtable. In 2008 he co-authored the book, “Skin in the Game,” and in 2009 and 2010, he served as chairman of the Healthcare Leadership Council.

Mr. Hammergren's career at McKesson has included posts as President of Supply Management and 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 division focused on the pharmaceutical supply management needs of healthcare institutions.

Prior to joining McKesson, Mr. 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.

Mr. Hammergren earned a BA in business administration from the University of Minnesota and an MBA from Xavier University in Cincinnati.

Patrick J. Blake Executive Vice President and Group President McKesson Corporation

Pat Blake is Executive Vice President and Group President of McKesson Technology Solutions. He has overall responsibility for all of the businesses within McKesson Technology Solutions, including McKesson Provider Technologies, McKesson Health Solutions, RelayHealth and McKesson’s International Operations Group.

Prior to his current position, Mr. Blake served as president of McKesson Specialty Care Solutions, a McKesson business unit that delivers services to manufacturers and providers to ensure specialty pharmaceutical products, coordinated reimbursement and clinical services are available to patients with complex diseases. In this role, he led the successful acquisition and integration of Oncology Therapeutics Network, which included the Lynx® technology platform and redefined McKesson’s offerings for oncology, other specialty practices and specialty pharmaceutical manufacturer customers. Under his leadership, McKesson Specialty Care Solutions grew to become the second largest supplier of specialty pharmaceuticals in the U.S.

Mr. Blake joined McKesson in 1996 as senior vice president for McKesson Health Systems. In 1999, he was named president of McKesson Health Systems, and in 2001 he was elevated to president of customer operations for McKesson U.S. Pharmaceutical. Under his leadership, McKesson’s institutional pharmaceutical distribution business grew from $3 billion to $16 billion. Prior to joining McKesson, Mr. Blake held leadership roles at Baxter International, Inc., and American Hospital Supply Inc.

Mr. Blake earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics from Denison University in Granville, Ohio and a Master of Business Administration from the Graziadio School of Business and Management at Pepperdine University.

Jeffrey C. Campbell Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer McKesson Corporation

Jeff Campbell is Chief Financial Officer of McKesson Corporation. Mr. Campbell has responsibility for all financial functions of the Corporation. Prior to joining McKesson in 2003, he served as senior vice president, chief financial officer of AMR Corporation and its subsidiary American Airlines.

Mr. Campbell joined AMR/American Airlines in 1990 and held a range of financial and general management positions, including managing American's European operations based in London for several years.  Prior to AMR, Campbell was a CPA with Deloitte, Haskins and Sells.

Mr. Campbell is a member of the board of directors of Hexcel Corporation and the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce.

Mr. Campbell holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from Stanford University and an M.B.A. degree from Harvard University.

Jorge L. Figueredo Executive Vice President, Human Resources McKesson Corporation

Jorge Figueredo is Executive Vice President, Human Resources of McKesson Corporation. As head of the Corporate Human Resources Organization, Mr. Figueredo leads strategic initiatives to drive business performance.  In this key role, he oversees compensation, recruiting, engagement and retention for over 36,000 employees worldwide, as well as corporate citizenship, diversity, corporate security and safety, communications and brand strategy. He reports directly to John Hammergren, McKesson’s chairman, chief executive officer and president and serves on the company's Executive Committee.

Prior to joining McKesson, Mr. Figueredo served as senior vice president of human resources at Dow Jones & Company, where he played a leadership role in managing Dow Jones’ merger with News Corporation. Previous to his time at Dow Jones, he spent 22 years at Liz Claiborne where he gained significant global management experience, including president of Liz Claiborne’s international division, and led the transformation of human resources into a strategic business function.

Mr. Figueredo was recognized as one of the 100 most influential Hispanics by Hispanic Business Magazine in 2004, and in 2009 he was selected by Hispanic Business Magazine for its list of 25 Corporate Elite.  And in 1998, Mr. Figueredo was named HR Executive of the Year by industry leading publication Human Resource Executive.  He is on the board of the St, Anthony’s Foundation, the largest non-government provider of social services in San Francisco. Mr. Figueredo holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Fairfield University and a Master of Business Administration from the Stern School of Business at New York University.

Paul C. Julian Executive Vice President and Group President McKesson Corporation

Paul C. Julian is Executive Vice President and Group President of McKesson Corporation. Mr. Julian has senior operating responsibility for $119 billion of the company's fiscal 2012 $123 billion in revenue and the majority of McKesson's businesses. He oversees U.S. and Canadian pharmaceutical distribution, medical-surgical distribution, specialty health and retail pharmacy systems and automation.

During Mr. Julian’s tenure as president of McKesson Pharmaceutical, the company's largest operating business, McKesson re-gained its position as the largest North American pharmaceutical distributor, rising from the third largest to become the largest wholesaler over a three-year period.

Mr. Julian oversaw the largest operations and technology upgrade in McKesson's history, and spearheaded widespread company adoption of Six Sigma. Today, McKesson is often cited for its U.S. corporate productivity leadership.

Additionally, he has helped bring new capabilities into the McKesson portfolio including acquisitions in specialty/oncology, pharmaceutical packaging, pharmaceutical and medical-surgical distribution, informatics, an enlarged stake in Mexican distributor NADRO and in medical products e-commerce.  Mr. Julian has led many of McKesson's progressive moves in recent years, including the development of the company's Health Mart independent retail pharmacy franchise network and the company's creation of the TogetherRx and Rx Savings Access prescription drug discount cards, both innovative efforts to help seniors save money on their prescription medicines.

After joining McKesson in 1996 as executive vice president of McKesson Health Systems, the company's distribution business for hospitals, Mr. Julian went on to become president of McKesson's medical-surgical business. From 1997-2000, he oversaw a 50 percent increase in medical-surgical distribution revenues and a doubling of operating profit. Also during that time, McKesson signed an unprecedented 20-year distribution agreement with Premier Provider Select for its non-acute care business.

Mr. Julian became president of McKesson's distribution, retail automation, pharmacy outsourcing and services for payers in 2000. A highlight of the period to follow was the 2003 decision by the Department of Veteran's Affairs to move its pharmaceutical distribution business away from another distributor to McKesson.

In 2004, he was named to his current position as group president of the corporation.

Previously, Mr. Julian held a variety of senior management positions in health care companies, notably Owens & Minor and Stuart Medical, Inc. Within five years, he rose from Stuart Medical, Inc. sales manager to group vice president and chief operating officer. Mr. Julian serves on the boards of National Association of Chain Drug Stores (NACDS), the International Federation of Pharmaceutical Wholesalers (IFPW), as past Chairman, and the Healthcare Distribution Management Association (HDMA), as past Chairman.

Mr. Julian is a 1978 graduate of Salem State College in Massachusetts, where he earned a B.S. degree.

Laureen E. Seeger Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer McKesson Corporation

Laureen E. Seeger is Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer of McKesson Corporation. As the corporation’s chief legal officer, Ms. Seeger oversees the Law, Public Affairs, Compliance and Corporate Secretarial functions for McKesson and its subsidiaries. Prior to her appointment in March 2006, Ms. Seeger was Vice President and General Counsel of McKesson Provider Technologies (MPT), McKesson’s health care information technology solutions business.

Prior to McKesson, Ms. Seeger was with the Atlanta law firm of Morris, Manning & Martin, LLP from 1992 to 2000, where she was Partner-In-Charge of the Technology Litigation Section, and was with the firm of Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue from 1986 to 1992. She is a member of the board of the California Chamber of Commerce and the board of the Bay Area Division of the American Heart Association.

She earned a law degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and received a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire.

Randall N. Spratt Executive Vice President, Chief Information Officer and Chief Technology Officer McKesson Corporation

Randy Spratt is Executive Vice President, Chief Information Officer and Chief Technology Officer of McKesson Corporation. As CTO, Mr. Spratt guides the overall technology direction for the company’s healthcare technology products, and provide support and guidance for application development processes companywide. As CIO, Mr. Spratt is responsible for all technology initiatives within the Corporation. He has been with McKesson for more than 18 years, most recently as chief process officer for McKesson Provider Technologies (MPT), the company's medical software and services division based in Alpharetta, Georgia. Mr. Spratt also managed MPT's Business Development, Information Technology, and Strategic Planning offices, as well as MPT's Technology Services business.

Prior to joining McKesson, Mr. Spratt held executive positions of increasing responsibility at the start-up Advanced Laboratory Systems (ALS), culminating with the role of Chief Operations Officer. ALS was acquired by HBOC in 1996, which in turn was acquired by McKesson in 1999, and Mr. Spratt took on responsibility for HBOC's laboratory systems business shortly thereafter. Following the acquisition of HBOC by McKesson in 1999, Mr. Spratt relocated to Georgia to become part of the reconstructed management team.

Mr. Spratt earned a Bachelor of Science degree in biology, with a minor in computer science, from the University of Utah.

Brian S. Tyler Executive Vice President, Corporate Strategy and Business Development McKesson Corporation

Brian S. Tyler is Executive Vice President of Corporate Strategy and Business Development of McKesson Corporation. Mr. Tyler guides strategy development with McKesson’s business unit leaders, helps foster innovation across the company and sources acquisitions that add new growth opportunities.

Prior to his current role, Mr. Tyler served as President of McKesson U.S. Pharmaceutical overseeing the business unit’s operations and distribution of pharmaceuticals and other healthcare related products to national and regional retail pharmacy chains, retail independent pharmacies, hospital providers and mail pharmacy. Mr. Tyler was the President of McKesson Medical-Surgical Inc., one of the nation’s largest distributors to nursing homes, physician offices and surgery centers. This business distributes more than 150,000 products to over 200,000 customers. Additionally, Mr. Tyler previously served as President of McKesson Specialty Care Solutions with responsibility for Specialty Distribution, Specialty Pharmacy, Specialty Marketing Services, Specialty Logistics, and Prospective Health, Inc.

Mr. Tyler earned his Ph.D. and M.A. from the University of Chicago, Department of Economics in 1994, where he studied under a grant from the National Science Foundation, and earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in economics with high honors from University of California Santa Cruz in 1989.