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10 Baxter finance leaders
These ten current and former Baxter finance leaders, including a former Baxter CFO, have held CFO, finance vice president, tax and treasury roles at Baxter International. Readers can learn how Baxter's finance organization handles FP&A, accounting operations, international and business-unit finance, supply chain finance, tax and treasury.
Professionals to explore
01—10Anastasia Paraskevopoulou
LinkedInExperience: Vice President International Finance · Baxter International Inc.
Vice President International Finance at Baxter International Inc. since January 2026, after serving as Vice President Finance - Growth & Emerging Markets (2023–2026) and Regional Senior Director Finance ECEMEA (2020–2023) at Baxter. She has also been Vice President, Member of Board of Directors, Baxter AG since December 2020.
Bartosz Nowakowski
LinkedInExperience: VP Finance, Global Accounting Operations · Baxter International Inc.
VP Finance, Global Accounting Operations at Baxter International Inc. since September 2025. His other Baxter roles include International Controller (2024–2025), Senior Director, Finance & EMEA Controller (2019–2024), Interim Corporate Controller (2023) and Finance Director, Controlling Center of Expertise EMEA (2018–2019).
Bill Vadbunker
LinkedInExperience: Vice President - Global Tax & Treasury · Baxter International Inc.
Vice President - Global Tax & Treasury at Baxter International Inc. since February 2026, after serving as Vice President, Global Tax at Baxter (2025–2026). Before Baxter he was Vice President, Global Tax at McDonald's Corporation (2018–2025), and his McDonald's roles also include Senior Director, Global Tax Planning (from 2006).
Brendan Ferguson
LinkedInExperience: VP Finance, Medical Products & Therapies · Baxter International Inc.
VP Finance, Medical Products & Therapies at Baxter International Inc. since April 2023, after serving as Vice President Finance, EMEA at Baxter (2020–2023). Before Baxter he was CFO Europe, Middle East & Africa (2018–2020) and Vice President Finance, Europe & Canada (2017–2018) at Smith+Nephew.
Christine Fleming (Cosmos)
LinkedInExperience: Associate Vice President - Assistant Treasurer · Baxter International Inc.
Associate Vice President - Assistant Treasurer at Baxter International Inc. since October 2024. At Baxter she was previously Assistant Treasurer - Capital Markets & Pension (2020–2024), Director of Finance (2013–2020) and Senior Finance Manager (2009–2013).
Joel Grade
LinkedInExperience: Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer · Baxter International Inc.
Former Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Baxter International Inc. (2023–2026). Before Baxter he was Executive Vice President - Corporate Development (2020–2023), Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (2015–2020) and Senior Vice President - Finance and Chief Accounting Officer (2014–2015) at Sysco.
John Quick
LinkedInExperience: VP of Finance, Americas Region and Global Business Units · Baxter International Inc.
Former VP of Finance, Americas Region and Global Business Units at Baxter International Inc. (2019–2022). At Baxter he was also VP of Finance, Asia Pacific Region (2017–2019) and VP of GBU Business Operations and Strategy (2022–2023), a role his profile says reported to the COO of Baxter International. He has been BU CFO - Advanced Visualization Solutions at GE HealthCare since 2025.
Kate Lillwitz
LinkedInExperience: Vice President, Finance · Baxter International Inc.
Former Vice President, Finance at Baxter International Inc. (2023–2025); her profile says she was Vantive FP&A lead, including corporate FP&A and commercial finance teams, and division financial lead for the Kidney Care segment (as part of Baxter) with $4.3B in sales and full P&L and cash flow responsibility. She was also Vice President of Finance, Asia Pacific at Baxter (2019–2023), and has been Senior Vice President Finance at Vantive since 2025.
Konstantin Butskiy
LinkedInExperience: Vice President, Finance - Global Financial Planning & Analysis and Global Integrated Supply Chain · Baxter International Inc.
Vice President, Finance - Global Financial Planning & Analysis and Global Integrated Supply Chain at Baxter International Inc. since April 2024. At Baxter he was previously Vice President, Finance - Global Integrated Supply Chain and Quality (2023–2024) and Sr. Director, Finance ISC Transformation and Strategy (2022–2023). Before Baxter he was Head of Finance - Manufacturing and Supply Chain United States and Canada at 3M (2020–2022).
Melissa Pazely
LinkedInExperience: Vice President Finance · Baxter International Inc.
Former Vice President Finance at Baxter International Inc. (2023–2026); her profile says she served as Chief Financial Officer for the ~$2.5B Pharmaceuticals business, which includes Inhaled Anesthesia, Specialty Injectables and Drug Compounding. At Baxter she was also Senior Director Finance (2021–2022) and Director of Finance (2018–2021). She has been Vice President, Americas Finance & Corporate Controller at Hollister Incorporated since July 2026.
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Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How does Baxter set financial targets and allocate capital across its global business units and regions?
- 02What does Baxter's finance team review before approving a major supplier contract, investment or divestiture?
- 03How does Baxter's FP&A process connect supply chain costs to product-line and regional profitability?
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