Namal Nawana

Namal Nawana (born 1970/1971) is an Australian businessman, and former chief executive (CEO) of Smith & Nephew plc, a British multinational medical equipment manufacturing company.

Namal Nawana
Born1970/1971 (age 48–49)[1]
NationalityAustralian
EducationUniversity of Adelaide
Henley Business School
OccupationBusinessman
TitleCEO, Smith & Nephew
TermMay 2018-Oct 2019
PredecessorOlivier Bohuon
SuccessorRoland Diggelmann

Early life

Nawana earned a bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering in 1992, and a Masters of Medical Science from the University of Adelaide in South Australia in 1995, and an MBA from the Henley Business School, UK, in 2000.[1]

Career

Nawana was CEO of the medical diagnostics company Alere, until April 2018, when it was announced that he would take over from Olivier Bohuon as CEO of Smith & Nephew.[2][3][4] In October 2019, Smith & Nephew announced Nawana would stand down "because his requests for higher pay, in line with the packages awarded by US medical device-makers, could not be met under UK corporate governance standards".[5]

References
  1. "Executive Profile: Namal Nawana". Bloomberg LP. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
  2. "Namal Nawana appointed Chief Executive Officer of Smith & Nephew - Smith & Nephew". www.smith-nephew.com. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
  3. https://www.bizjournals.com/boston/news/2018/04/04/former-alere-ceo-named-to-head-another-medical.html
  4. Dyrda, Laura. "Meet Smith & Nephew's new CEO Namal Nawana — 4 things to know". beckersspine.com. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
  5. Kollewe, Julia. "Smith & Nephew chief executive to stand down after pay row". The Guardian. Retrieved 28 October 2019.
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