Olivier Jean Bohuon (born 3 January 1959) is a French businessman. He was the chief executive (CEO) of

Smith & Nephew Smith & Nephew plc, also known as Smith+Nephew, is a British multinational medical equipment manufacturing company headquartered in Watford, England. It is an international producer of advanced wound management products, arthroscopy products, ...

plc, a British multinational medical equipment manufacturing company.

Early life

Olivier Bohuon was born on 3 January 1959 in Paris. He is the son of Claude Bohuon and Odile Guinnebault. Bohuon earned a doctorate in pharmacy from

University of Paris-Sud Paris-Sud University (French: ''Université Paris-Sud''), also known as University of Paris — XI (or as Université d'Orsay before 1971), was a French research university distributed among several campuses in the southern suburbs of Paris, in ...

in 1982 and a master in business administration from HEC Paris in 1985.

Career

Bohuon was the chief executive of Smith & Nephew plc and Smith & Nephew Inc from April 2011 until May 2018. He served as the chief executive of Laboratoires Pierre Fabre from September 2010. Before that, he worked for Abbott Laboratories from 2003 to July 2010, rising to executive vice president, pharmaceutical products. Bohuon served as senior vice president, director of European Commercial operations at GlaxoSmithKline from 2001 to 2003. He served as CEO 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. Bohuon is a director of HealthCare Promise Investments Partners SA (Luxembourg). He is a member of the supervisory board at Virbac SA. He is a member of the National Pharmacy Academy and the Academy of Technologies. Since August 2018, Bohuon is vice chairman of the Board of Directors of healthcare and pharma company LEO Pharma. Bohuon became a Knight of the

Legion of Honour The National Order of the Legion of Honour (french: Ordre national de la Légion d'honneur), formerly the Royal Order of the Legion of Honour ('), is the highest French order of merit, both military and civil. Established in 1802 by Napoleon ...

in 2007.

Personal life

Bohuon married Alexandra Polliot in 1981. They have two sons and a daughter. In February 2016, Smith & Nephew said Bohuon had a "highly treatable form of cancer."

References

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