August 27, 2019
Fresenius Medical Care appoints Helen Giza as Chief Financial Officer
Fresenius Medical Care, the world’s leading provider of dialysis products and services, has appointed Helen Giza (51) as Chief Financial Officer as of November 1, 2019. She will succeed Mike Brosnan who announced his retirement from the Company earlier this year after serving as CFO since January 2010.
Helen Giza has been Chief Integration and Divestiture Management Officer at Takeda Pharmaceuticals since 2018. Before joining the Takeda Corporate Executive Team, she served as Chief Financial Officer of Takeda’s U.S. business unit since 2008. Prior to that she held a number of key international finance and controlling positions, amongst others at TAP Pharmaceuticals and Abbott Laboratories. Helen Giza is a U.K. Chartered Certified Accountant and holds a Master of Business Administration from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, USA.
Stephan Sturm, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Fresenius Medical Care Management AG, said: “Helen Giza is a very skilled financial executive with extensive management experience in the healthcare industry. She will be a great addition to our team and we are very pleased to welcome her to Fresenius Medical Care’s management board.”
Rice Powell, Chief Executive Officer of Fresenius Medical Care and Chairman of the Management Board, said: “We look forward to welcoming Helen to our team. Along with her international financial expertise, Helen brings great experience in the area of acquisitions and successful integration within the healthcare sector.”
Helen Giza said: “I am excited to be joining Fresenius Medical Care, the market leader in dialysis. This new role is a wonderful opportunity to be part of Fresenius Medical Care's continued success.”
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