Appointed Chief Executive Officer in April 2022.
Deepak brings global leadership and risk-management expertise and has a track record of driving growth at major healthcare companies through delivering a significant improvement in execution and building a strong results-focused culture.
Current external appointments
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Previous experience
He began his career as a scientist in computational physics at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and holds a BSc and MSc in Mechanical Engineering and a PhD in Theoretical Mechanics from the University of California, Berkeley.
Prior to joining Siemens Healthineers, he held roles at both Amgen and McKinsey and spent 10 years at Abbott Laboratories, Inc. culminating in his appointment as President of Abbott Vascular.
At Siemens Healthineers (2018–2022) he was President of the Diagnostics business responsible for $6 billion of revenue and 15,000 employees.
Nationality
American
Deepak holds a BSc and MSc in Mechanical Engineering and a PhD in Theoretical Mechanics from the University of California, Berkeley. In 1998 he joined the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory as a scientist in the New Technologies Engineering Division/ Computational Physics Group. In 2000 he moved to McKinsey & Company, where he progressed to become an Engagement Manager. In 2004 he left to join Amgen rising to Director, R&D Strategic Operations and Finance.
In 2007 Deepak joined Abbott Laboratories Inc. in the Vascular division. He held roles of increasing responsibility in R&D, marketing, commercial and divisional leadership and rose to become President of Abbott Vascular, then one of the company’s largest businesses, and an Executive Officer of Abbott Laboratories.
Deepak joins Smith+Nephew from Siemens Healthineers (2018–2022) where most recently he was President of the Diagnostics business segment responsible for $6 billion of revenue and 15,000 employees.
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