Drugstore chain Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. named Tim Wentworth as its new chief executive Tuesday night.
Wentworth — the former CEO of pharmacy-benefits manager Express Scripts — first announced the news in interviews with the Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg News.
“He is an accomplished and respected leader with profound expertise in the payer and pharmacy space as well as supply chain, IT and human resources,” Walgreens Executive Chairman Stefano Pessina said in a statement. “We are confident he is the right person to lead WBA’s next phase of growth into a customer-centric healthcare company.”
“I’ve spent my career working to improve the health of the patients we’ve served,” Wentworth said in a statement. “I believe WBA is well-positioned to deliver more personalized, coordinated care, and achieve better outcomes at a lower cost.”
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