JehanZeb Noor
Chief Executive Officer
JehanZeb joined Smiths Medical in July 2019 as Chief Executive Officer, a £874M ($1.2B) division of Smiths Group, plc, that manufacturers specialty medical devices for the world’s healthcare markets. He also serves as a member of Smiths Group’s Executive Committee. JehanZeb has intimate understanding of the medical device industry including supply chain, operations, distribution, product development and regulatory approval processes. He also has a strong track record of effective leadership, delivering growth and enhanced performance.
Before joining Smiths Medical, JehanZeb worked at Amcor Flexible, Inc. where he led the Healthcare North America business and Global Medical Sales, serving device companies as their sterile packaging provider. During his three-year tenure at Amcor he drove a significant improvement in margin and revenue growth, and led the integration of a major acquisition. Prior to that, JehanZeb was a Partner at McKinsey & Company, where he served for 9 years. He gained a deep understanding of business transformations and cultural change across sales, operations, product development, R&D and strategy.
JehanZeb holds a BSc in Finance and a BSc and MSc in Mechanical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Wilson Constantine
President, Americas Region
Wilson Constantine joined Smiths Medical in September 2020 as President for the Americas Region.
As an executive leader in the medical device industry for more than two decades, Wilson has led the transformation of multiple companies to deliver growth and maximize value creation.
Prior to joining Smiths Medical, Wilson was President and Chief Executive Officer of Nihon Kohden America where he transitioned the company to a multimillion-dollar, multichannel leader and the fastest-growing company in the market. Prior to that, Wilson was Chief Executive Officer of Monarch Medical Technologies, a private equity-backed spinout of Hospira Worldwide. He also served in executive leadership roles at Stryker Orthopaedics, Misonix Inc., Henry Schein Inc., as well as other leading medical products suppliers, including units of and/or entities later acquired by Aesculap-B/Braun, Boston Scientific, Medtronic and Smith & Nephew.
Wilson attended Loma Linda University for his undergraduate studies and holds a doctorate from Samuel Merritt University. He also completed the Executive Management Program at the University of Notre Dame, Mendoza College of Business.
Jeffrey Gathe
Vice President and Chief Information Officer
Jeffrey Gathe joined Smiths Medical in November 2020 as Vice President and Chief Information Officer.
Jeffrey has significant experience as a transformational Chief Information Officer in a variety of industries, including manufacturing, consumer products, software, pharmaceuticals and medical devices.
Prior to joining Smiths Medical, Jeffrey served as Founder and Managing Partner for XIO Group LLC, an advisory firm delivering technology-based solutions to help organizations drive-out costs, improve operating performance, and create competitive advantage. Jeffrey also served as Chief Information Officer for other leading companies, including Calumet Specialty Products Partners, Amcol International Corporation and Komatsu American Corporation.
Jeffrey holds Bachelor of Science degrees in Computer Science and Electrical Engineering from Washington University in St. Louis, and a Master of Management degree from Northwestern University’s J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management.
Khalid El-Gendy
Vice President and General Manager, APAC Region
Khalid El-Gendy joined Smiths Medical in June 2020 and currently serves as the Vice President and General Manager for the Asia Pacific region.
His experience includes strategy development and execution, country and regional commercial turnarounds, product launches, portfolio divestitures and demerger into a standalone entity.
Prior to joining Smiths Medical, Khalid worked for Alcon, an ophthalmology medical device company, where he enjoyed increasing levels of responsibility in regional leadership in both EMEA and APAC regions. In his last role, Khalid was the General Manager of Alcon Australia and New Zealand. Khalid also leverages his experience as a trained and formerly practicing surgeon in the UK, as well as his strategy and transformational work during four years at McKinsey & Company in London and New York.
Khalid holds a Bachelor of Science in Developmental Neurobiology, and Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery from Kings’ College London, UK.
Greg Hutchison
Senior Vice President, Global Operations
Greg Hutchison joined Smiths Medical in November 2020 as Senior Vice President of Global Operations.
Greg has extensive experience in manufacturing, quality, materials management, supply chain, process engineering, and health and safety leadership.
Prior to joining Smiths Medical, he served as Vice President of Plastic Operations at Mauser Packaging Solutions where he was responsible for operations at 17 injection molding and blow molding manufacturing plants. He has also served as Vice President and General Manager of Global Operations at Sullair LLC and Director of North America Manufacturing for Truck and Bus at Navistar.
Greg holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Michigan and a Master of Science degree in Engineering from Wayne State University, Michigan.
Meghan Hansen
General Counsel
Meghan Hansen joined Smiths Medical in May 2019 and currently serves as the interim General Counsel.
Meghan is an accomplished business litigation attorney with expertise in litigating and resolving a wide range of complex disputes. Prior to joining Smiths Medical, Meghan was Partner and Counsel at Fox Rothschild LLP in Minneapolis, practicing at the firm for over 13 years.
Meghan holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in English from the University of Minnesota and a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Minnesota Law School.
Nigel Bark
Vice President & General Manager, EMEA Region
Nigel Bark joined Smiths Medical in April 2016 and currently serves as the Vice President and General Manager for the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) Region.
Nigel’s Med Tech background includes both blue chip corporate organisations and privately funded entrepreneurial companies. His multi-functional knowledge and experience covers direct and distributor sales management, international marketing, manufacturing operations, supply chain, and strategy development and execution, including acquisitions and divestitures.
Prior to Smiths Medical, Nigel served as Vice President & General Manager at Teleflex, where he led the global Vidacare business integration following the acquisition in 2013. He also held positions of increasing responsibility during a 12-year period commencing with Alaris Medical Systems, acquired by Cardinal Health, which developed into the spin off company CareFusion. Nigel’s early Med Tech career also included 8 years at Johnson & Johnson.
Nigel graduated in Mechanical Engineering from the University of West England, Bristol.
Daryl Calhoun
Vice President, Global Research and Development
Daryl joined Smiths Medical in March 2020 as the Vice President of Global Research and Development.
Daryl has more than 21 years of R&D and medical device experience, with proven leadership in new product development, portfolio management, embedded software and sustaining engineering.
Prior to joining Smiths Medical, Daryl served as Vice President PMO and R&D at Immucor, a leading provider of transfusion and transplant diagnostic products worldwide. He has implemented cross-functional processes for new product development which have improved product launch success rate. Prior to Immucor, he held various R&D and PMO leadership roles at Fresenius Kabi USA, Fenwal Inc. and Baxter Healthcare Corporation.
Daryl holds a Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering and a Master of Mechanical Engineering from the University of Delaware, Newark.
Kevin Fitzpatrick
Senior Vice President & Chief Human Resources Officer
Kevin Fitzpatrick joined Smiths Medical in March 2020 as Senior Vice President & Chief Human Resources Officer.
Kevin has more over 30 years of experience in the human resources management and legal professions. Prior to joining Smiths Medical, Kevin served as Vice President, Global Human Resources for eight years at Atkore International, where he led improvements to the talent landscape and people systems. Prior to Atkore, Kevin served in senior HR roles at A.M. Castle and UPM Biofore.
Kevin holds a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from the University of Wisconsin, Whitewater, a Juris Doctor degree from Marquette University and a Master of Business Administration degree from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.
Abby Holaschutz
Vice President, Global Procurement and Supply Chain
Abby Holaschutz joined Smiths Medical in September 2019 and currently serves as Vice President, Global Procurement and Supply Chain.
Abby leads a global organization to source $500M of materials, goods and services ensuring world class quality, innovation, delivery and value.
Prior to joining Smiths Medical, Abby was a consultant at McKinsey & Co. where he led large scale sourcing transformations across North America, Europe and Asia. Prior to McKinsey, Abby gained operations experience at Toyota, Disney and Care Fusion.
Abby holds a Master of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford University and a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Texas.