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GE HealthCare names Jeannette Bankes president and CEO, Patient Care Solutions
CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- GE HealthCare (Nasdaq: GEHC), a leading global healthcare solutions provider, announced the appointment of Jeannette Bankes as
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[{"type":"text","content":" CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--\nGE HealthCare (Nasdaq: GEHC), a leading global healthcare solutions provider, announced the appointment of Jeannette Bankes as president and CEO, Patient Care Solutions, effective May 1, 2025.\n\nPeter Arduini, president and CEO, GE HealthCare, said, “Jeannette is a proven leader who has diverse and deep experience at publicly traded companies in the healthcare industry. We proudly welcome her to the company and are confident that she has the expertise to move Patient Care Solutions forward and deliver on our precision care strategy.”\n\nBankes brings with her three decades of global experience including product management, marketing, sales, regulatory, medical affairs, and operations and manufacturing. She joins GE HealthCare from Alcon, where she served most recently as senior vice president and president, Global Franchises. In this role, she oversaw product development, portfolio management and commercialization of products across the global surgical, vision care, and ocular health businesses. Prior to Alcon, Bankes was at Boston Scientific and Merck, where she held a range of senior leadership positions.\n\nTom Westrick, who is retiring after more than 20 years with GE HealthCare, will remain with the company until May 31, 2025, to support Jeannette’s transition into the role, and help ensure a smooth changeover for our colleagues and customers. Jeannette will be based in Waukesha, Wisconsin.\n\nAbout GE HealthCare Technologies Inc.\n\nGE HealthCare is a trusted partner and leading global healthcare solutions provider, innovating medical technology, pharmaceutical diagnostics, and integrated, cloud-first AI-enabled solutions, services and data analytics. We aim to make hospitals and health systems more efficient, clinicians more effective, therapies more precise, and patients healthier and happier. Serving patients and providers for more than 125 years, GE HealthCare is advancing personalized, connected and compassionate care, while simplifying the patient’s journey across care pathways. Together, our Imaging, Advanced Visualization Solutions, Patient Care Solutions and Pharmaceutical Diagnostics businesses help improve patient care from screening and diagnosis to therapy and monitoring. We are a $19.7 billion business with approximately 53,000 colleagues working to create a world where healthcar...