Matthew Stober
To Hospira now who has named Matthew (Matt) Stober as Senior Vice President, Operations, assuming leadership for all of Hospira's pharmaceutical manufacturing operations including those at the troubled Rocky Mount facility in North Carolina.
Stober has been with Hospira since 2011, coming from Johnson & Johnson, where he served as the VP and global platform leader for solids, parenterals and vaccines. He succeeds John Elliot, who is retiring at the end of the year having led the Operations organization since April 2012.
F. Michael Ball, CEO at Hospira said: “In his expanded role, we're confident Matt will continue to successfully advance our dual commitment to remediate and modernize our processes and operations while delivering patient-critical products, and ultimately establish our manufacturing operations as a strategic, competitive advantage.”