Healthcare >> CEO Interviews >> December 13, 2004
EDWARD J. LUDWIG serves as Chairman of the Board, President and Chief
Executive Officer of Becton, Dickinson and Company, a global medical
technology company headquartered in Franklin Lakes, New Jersey. Mr.
Ludwig joined BD in 1979 as a Senior Financial Analyst and was named
Chief Financial Officer in August 1995, President in May 1999 and Chief
Executive Officer in January 2000. He was elected Chairman in February
2002. Active in philanthropic efforts, Mr. Ludwig serves as a Johns
Hopkins University Trustee and Chairs the Advisory Board for the Johns
Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Additionally, he serves on
the Board of the U.S. Fund for UNICEF. In the policy arena, Mr. Ludwig
serves on the Board of the Advanced Medical Technology Association
(AdvaMed), the world's largest medical technology association, and
chairs its Board Committee on Technology and Regulation. In July 2004,
Mr. Ludwig began serving a two-year term as Chairman of the HealthCare
Institute of New Jersey. He is also a Trustee of the Hackensack (New
Jersey) University Medical Center. In the corporate arena, Mr. Ludwig
was appointed to Aetna's Board of Directors in July 2003. Profile
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Mr. Ludwig: BD is a 100 plus-year-old medical
