Dean's Advisory Council
R. Kerry Clark
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R. Kerry Clark is the president and chief executive officer of $87 billion Cardinal Health, a global provider of products and services that improve the safety and productivity of health care.
Since joining Cardinal Health in April 2006, Clark has focused the company – through organic growth, acquisition and divestiture – on the global opportunity to help hospitals, physicians and pharmacies make the practice and delivery of health care safer and more productive. Under his leadership, the company acquired medical technology leaders, MedMined, Care Fusion and VIASYS Healthcare to bolster its patient-safety offerings, and divested a $2 billion business that developed, manufactured and packaged medicine for the pharmaceutical industry.
Internal programs instituted during Clark’s tenure reflect his passion for the development of leaders and the importance of innovation as a driver of organic growth. In addition, Clark’s global business experience helped shape Cardinal Health’s strategy to participate in the health-care industry worldwide, a market valued at more than $1 trillion. Today, less than 10 percent of company revenues are generated by the sale of products and services outside the U.S.
He joined Cardinal Health from The Procter & Gamble Company, where he served as vice chairman of the board and was responsible for the company’s $20-billion Family Health business. During his 32-year career with P&G, Clark had considerable strategic, operational and corporate management experience and held leadership positions in North America and Asia. Since beginning his career with P&G in Canada as a brand assistant in 1974, he held positions of increasing responsibility, including group vice president of Laundry and Cleaning products, president of P&G Asia and president of Global Market Development and Business Operations.
A native of Ottawa in Ontario, Canada, Clark graduated from Queen’s University with a bachelor of commerce degree. He is also a director of Textron, Inc.
