Industry & Services >> CEO Interviews >> June 24, 2002

Jeffrey Black – Teleflex Incorporated (tfx)

JEFFREY P. BLACK was appointed President and Chief Executive Officer of Teleflex Incorporated in May 2002, and has been with the company for more than 18 years. He began his career at Teleflex in sales and marketing and held a series of increasingly responsible positions in general management in the company's industrial and automotive groups. Mr. Black is a strong advocate of new product development and has been involved in launches of several that have added to the company's growth. He has also been involved in the acquisition of several businesses that added new technologies and strengthened the company's position as a global supplier. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia. He completed Graduate Management courses at Michigan State University and Thunderbird American Graduate School of International Management, and completed the Program for Management Development at Harvard University. Profile
TWST: Could you give us a brief history of Teleflex and an overview of

what the organization is doing today?

Mr. Black: Teleflex is a growth company with a long-held strategy of

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