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David S. Wichmann Named President, UnitedHealth Group Operations
Minneapolis (April 22, 2008) – UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH) today
announced that David S. Wichmann has assumed the position of executive vice
president of UnitedHealth Group and president of UnitedHealth Group Operations.
He will be charged with optimizing business performance across UnitedHealth
Group and within each of the market groups and business segments. Mr. Wichmann
will report to Stephen J. Hemsley, president and chief executive officer of
UnitedHealth Group, and the Board of Directors. In a separate press release
today, the Company announced that Gail K. Boudreaux will join as executive vice
president of UnitedHealth Group and president of the Commercial Markets Group,
effective May 5, 2008, the position previously held by Mr. Wichmann.
“Dave’s contributions have been remarkable over the past decade and have
prepared him to lead this operational charge to make UnitedHealth Group a
stronger organization,” said Mr. Hemsley. “Dave’s leadership skills, his
intimate knowledge of the Company, his understanding of the challenges we face
in the marketplace and his strong operating skills make him the ideal person for
this role. We look forward to working with Dave in his efforts to advance our
commitment to our customers and enhance the performance of UnitedHealth Group
for our shareholders.”
Today’s move is consistent with the Company’s longstanding practice of
developing and rotating executive talent throughout the organization to
cultivate and maintain a deep and versatile leadership team at UnitedHealth
Group.
In Mr. Wichmann’s newly expanded role, he will be dedicated to driving the
necessary change across UnitedHealth Group for improved performance at every
level of the business. Mr. Wichmann’s direct accountabilities and priorities
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Optimizing business performance across the UnitedHealth Group enterprise and
within each of its market groups and business segments;
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Strengthening UnitedHealth Group’s organizational structure and helping to
attract and place strong talent where necessary to respond to the rising
complexities of the businesses and to improve the speed of decision-making and
innovation;
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Addressing areas of business unit and process alignment across the business
groups, segments and units of the enterprise, along with achieving consistent
geographic alignment across all Health Care Services businesses so that
UnitedHealth Group faces local and regional markets and engages all stakeholders
in an orderly, seamless fashion;
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Overseeing the Company’s operations, technology, integration and quality agenda
in each business and on an enterprise basis; and
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Managing corporate development, capital investment and deployment, international
operations, strategic market expansions, and all integration activities across
the enterprise.
About UnitedHealth Group
UnitedHealth Group is a diversified health and well-being company dedicated to
making health care work better. Headquartered in Minneapolis, Minn.,
UnitedHealth Group offers a broad spectrum of products and services through
seven operating businesses: UnitedHealthcare, Ovations, AmeriChoice, Uniprise,
OptumHealth, Ingenix, and Prescription Solutions. Through its family of
businesses, UnitedHealth Group serves approximately 70 million individuals
nationwide.
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