SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mar. 18, 2015--
Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE:A) today announced that Mike McMullen,
president and chief operating officer of the company, has been elected
chief executive officer by its board of directors, effective
immediately. His appointment is part of Agilent’s previously
announced CEO transition plan. McMullen succeeds William (Bill)
Sullivan, who becomes a company advisor until he retires on Oct. 31,
2015.
“Bill Sullivan has been an extraordinary CEO over the past decade,” said
James G. Cullen, chairman of Agilent’s board of directors. “Under his
leadership, the company has been transformed from a diversified
technology company to a highly focused leader in life sciences,
diagnostics and applied markets.”
McMullen, 53, is Agilent’s third president and CEO since the company
spun off from Hewlett-Packard Co. in 1999. He has more than 30 years
with Agilent and Hewlett-Packard.
“Mike McMullen has already created strong momentum in taking the company
forward,” Cullen said. “Since being named CEO-elect six months ago, he
has built a new organizational structure and created compelling
strategies that will create growth and value for our shareholders.”
“I am very excited about Agilent’s future and about leading Agilent’s
exceptional team of employees,” said McMullen. “We are well positioned
to capture new opportunities in our life sciences and diagnostics
markets, and we have already made excellent progress in serving our
customers in a more comprehensive, cohesive way through the recent
launch of our Agilent CrossLab Group.”
“It is an honor to lead this amazing company as we help our customers
develop solutions for some of the world’s most important challenges of
the future,” he said.
McMullen joined Hewlett-Packard Co. in 1984 as a financial analyst in
the Analytical Products Group. Since then he has served in various
senior management positions. As president of Agilent’s Chemical Analysis
Group from 2009 until 2014, he was responsible for companywide
organizations in the chemical and energy, food and environmental
markets, as well as the services and consumables business for the
Chemical Analysis and Life Sciences groups.
He was appointed president, chief operating officer and CEO-elect in
September 2014. In that role, he has been responsible for overseeing the
company’s three businesses (Life Sciences and Applied Markets Group,
Agilent CrossLab Group, and Diagnostics and Genomics Group); Order
Fulfillment; and the global organization that houses IT, workplace
services, global sourcing and logistics.
About Agilent Technologies
Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A), a global leader in life sciences,
diagnostics and applied chemical markets, is the premier laboratory
partner for a better world. Agilent works with customers in more than
100 countries, providing instruments, software, services and consumables
for the entire laboratory workflow. Agilent generated revenues of $4.0
billion in fiscal 2014. The company employs about 12,000 people
worldwide. Information about Agilent is available at www.agilent.com.
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