THE WHAT? Walgreen Boots Alliance has strengthened its tech management workforce with the appointments of Inderpal Bhandari to its board of administrators and Hsiao Wang as Senior Vice President and Chief Info Officer (CIO).
THE DETAILS Bhandari has served as IBM’s World Chief Knowledge Officer since 2015.
Based on a press launch, “His core experience is in remodeling information into enterprise worth and enhancing buyer experiences by delivering strategic and modern capabilities that use analytic insights to allow development and productiveness.”
Wang will assume his new position on Sept. 26, and report back to Brewer as a member of the Govt Management Group.
Main the technique for WBA’s IT operate and the implementation of its expertise and digital innovation, Wang will deal with advancing WBA’s expertise platform to ship on the corporate’s strategic priorities.
He’ll place an emphasis on its digital expertise for patrons and sufferers, together with technology-enabled healthcare options for Walgreens and Walgreens Well being.
THE WHY? The appointments purpose to offer ‘distinctive experiences and companies for sufferers and clients, with world-class expertise and innovation because the spine.’
The press launch additionally highlighted that the finance committee of Walgreens Boots Alliance’s Board of Administrators has been reconstituted because the finance and expertise committee. That is mentioned to ‘reflecting the significance and significance of expertise to reaching the corporate’s targets.’
