Vivek Jain EVP, Strategy and Corporate Development

Vivek Jain is Executive Vice President of Strategy and Corporate Development at Cardinal Health. He has deep healthcare strategic planning and merger experience, including broad experience with pharmaceutical and medical device companies of all sizes. Before joining Cardinal Health in July 2007, Vivek served as Senior Vice President/Head of Healthcare Strategy, Business Development and Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) for Philips Medical at Philips Electronics in Amsterdam, Netherlands. As a key member of the medical management team for Philips, Vivek had global oversight of the strategic planning process and responsibility for financial analysis of all healthcare transactions. In this role, he developed new business plans and M&A strategies for the company’s core businesses in diagnostic imaging, patient monitoring and healthcare informatics. Prior to joining Philips, Vivek spent 12 years with J.P. Morgan Securities in New York. There, he held a series of positions of increasing responsibility, including time as Managing Director/Co-head of Global Healthcare Investment Banking. During his tenure at JP Morgan, Vivek was involved with more than 100 completed M&A or equity transactions with healthcare companies. Vivek graduated from the University of Chicago with a bachelor’s degree in economics.