Olivier Bohuon

Olivier Bohuon
Born	Olivier Jean Bohuon (1959-01-03) 3 January 1959
Nationality	French
Alma mater	HEC Paris and University of Paris-Sud
Occupation	Businessman
Years active	1970–present
Title	Chief Executive of Smith & Nephew plc
Term	2011–present
Predecessor	David Illingworth
Successor	Incumbent

Olivier Jean Bohuon (born 3 January 1959) is a French businessman. He is the Chief Executive of Smith & Nephew plc, a British multinational medical equipment manufacturing company.

Early life

Bohuon has a bachelor's degree in Pharmacy and Finance, an MBA from HEC Paris, France and a Doctorate in Pharmacy from the University of Paris-Sud.

Career

Bohuon has been the Chief Executive of Smith & Nephew plc and Smith & Nephew Inc since 14 April 2011. He served as the Chief Executive of Laboratoires Pierre Fabre from 1 September 2010. Before that, he served with Abbott Laboratories from 2003 to 1 July 2010, rising to Executive Vice President, Pharmaceutical Products.

He served as Senior Vice President, Director of European Commercial Operations at GlaxoSmithKline from 2001 to 2003. He served as Chief Executive Officer and then President of SmithKline Beecham France from 1995 to 2001. He was the Marketing Director and then the Operations Director of Glaxo France from 1991 to 1995. He worked for Abbott Laboratories from 1988 to 1991.

He serves as a Director of HealthCare Promise Investments partners SA (Luxembourg). He serves as a Member of Supervisory Board at Virbac SA. He is a member of the National Pharmacy Academy and the Academy of Technologies.