Kevin Kettler is President of McKesson International & Chairman of the Management Board, McKesson Europe. He is responsible for leading the company’s businesses in 13 European countries and all further non-U.S.-based drug distribution services, specialty pharmacy, retail and infusion care services.
Previously, Kettler was President of McKesson Global Procurement and Sourcing in London. There, he led McKesson’s global pharmaceutical procurement program as well as international teams responsible for growing McKesson’s private label generics portfolio, NorthStar, and the globally-sourced medical surgical portfolio.
Prior to this role, Kevin Kettler was Senior Vice President of Marketing for McKesson U.S. Pharmaceutical (US Pharma). During his time in this role, he had accountability for market strategy, product development and customer programs for all customer market segments of the US Pharma business; he also had direct responsibility for four standalone businesses: AccessHealth, McKesson Patient Relationship Solutions, Macro Helix and Supplylogix. For Supplylogix and Macro Helix, he led the acquisition and post-acquisition growth of the businesses.
Kevin Kettler previously held various roles in McKesson’s Corporate Strategy and Business Development group including Senior Vice President of Corporate Strategy and Business Development supporting US Pharma. He was responsible for developing the overall strategic and market direction for the US Pharma business. On the business development side, he evaluated, negotiated and assisted in the integration of acquisitions.
Prior to his role in Corporate Strategy and Business Development, Kevin Kettler was a consultant to McKesson leading the integrations of acquired businesses into McKesson systems and processes.
Before McKesson, Kettler held various product marketing, product management and consulting roles in early stage start-ups. Prior to this, he was a materials supervisor for a medical device company now owned by Siemens, and he began his career as a project engineer for Amoco Oil.
Kevin Kettler, born in Michigan, USA, holds an MBA from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill and a BS in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Notre Dame.