John E. Celentano was appointed to the position of president Health Care Group in December 2005. He has responsibility for all of the company’s non- pharmaceutical businesses including Mead Johnson Nutritionals ConvaTec and Bristol-Myers Squibb Medical Imaging.
Celentano joined the company in 1982 as a sales representative. Since then he has risen rapidly through the ranks in sales market research product management and general management. In 1994 as a result of the divestiture of Squibb Diagnostics Celentano left Bristol-Myers Squibb for two years. He rejoined the company as senior director Anti-Infectives. He was subsequently promoted to general manager Puerto Rico and the Caribbean. In 1999 Celentano was appointed vice president and general manager Northern Europe and in 2002 he was promoted to president Canada Mexico and the Caribbean. Celentano’s most recent position was president Canada and Latin America.
John Celentano was awarded a BA from the University of Delaware in 1982 and an MBA from Drexel University in 1989. |