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10 Bristol Myers Squibb executives
These ten current Bristol Myers Squibb executives include its CFO, general counsel, chief medical, research, digital and procurement officers and its supply chain chief, plus leaders of its cell therapy, Asia-Pacific and cardiovascular businesses. A reader can learn how Bristol Myers Squibb executives build and run their teams in pharmaceutical companies.
Professionals to explore
01—10Al Reba
LinkedInExperience: Senior Vice President, Cardiovascular & Immunology Commercialization · Bristol Myers Squibb
Senior Vice President, Cardiovascular & Immunology Commercialization at Bristol Myers Squibb since February 2025. At Bristol Myers Squibb Reba was also Senior Vice President, US Cardiovascular and Established Brands (2023–2025), Senior Vice President, Worldwide Cardiovascular and Established Brands (2021–2023) and General Manager, Bristol-Myers Squibb Canada (2017–2021).
Cari Almo Gallman
LinkedInExperience: Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Chief Policy Officer · Bristol Myers Squibb
Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Chief Policy Officer at Bristol Myers Squibb since May 2025. At Bristol Myers Squibb Gallman was also Executive Vice President, Corporate Affairs (2023–2025), Senior Vice President, Chief Compliance and Ethics Officer (2021–2023) and Vice President, Assistant General Counsel, Oncology (2019–2021).
Cristian Massacesi
LinkedInExperience: Executive Vice President, Chief Medical Officer and Head of Development · Bristol Myers Squibb
Executive Vice President, Chief Medical Officer and Head of Development at Bristol Myers Squibb since July 2025; the profile says the role leads an expansive global team working on serious diseases, including oncology and neuroscience. Massacesi was Chief Medical Officer & Oncology Chief Development Officer (2021–2025) and Senior Vice President, Head of Late Development Oncology R&D (2019–2021) at AstraZeneca.
David Elkins
LinkedInExperience: Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Head of Global Business Operations · Bristol Myers Squibb
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Head of Global Business Operations at Bristol Myers Squibb since November 2019, based in Princeton, New Jersey. The profile describes the CFO role as sitting at the intersection of business and healthcare and helping steer an organization where financial decisions are about patients as well as numbers.
Greg Meyers
LinkedInExperience: EVP, Chief Digital & Technology Officer, Member of Executive Committee · Bristol Myers Squibb
EVP, Chief Digital & Technology Officer, Member of Executive Committee at Bristol Myers Squibb since January 2022. Meyers was Group Chief Information and Digital Officer (CIO and CDO) at Syngenta Group (2018–2022), Corporate VP and Chief Information Officer (CIO) at Motorola Solutions (2014–2018) and Vice President Technology at Biogen (2009–2014).
Karin Shanahan
LinkedInExperience: EVP, Chief Supply Chain & Operations Officer · Bristol Myers Squibb
EVP, Chief Supply Chain & Operations Officer at Bristol Myers Squibb since June 2025, and EVP, Global Product Development and Supply there from 2022 to 2025. Shanahan was SVP, Global Biologics & Sterile Operations at Merck (2018–2022) and SVP & COO, Global Operations at Teva Pharmaceuticals (2013–2018), and the profile describes more than 25 years in biopharma.
Lynelle Hoch
LinkedInExperience: President, Cell Therapy Organization · Bristol Myers Squibb
President, Cell Therapy Organization at Bristol Myers Squibb since November 2023; the profile headline describes Hoch as a Member of the Bristol Myers Squibb Leadership Team and says Hoch has spent over 25 years at the company. Hoch was Senior Vice President, Cell Therapy Franchise Lead (2021–2023) and General Manager, United Kingdom and Ireland (2019–2021) at Bristol Myers Squibb.
Paula Glickenhaus
LinkedInExperience: Chief Procurement Officer · Bristol Myers Squibb
Chief Procurement Officer at Bristol Myers Squibb since November 2023, a C-level role in Operations, which the profile describes as Senior Vice President and Chief Procurement Officer. Glickenhaus was Ad Interim NA CPO at Kenvue (2023), Global Head Category Management Strategic Sourcing at Google (2021–2023) and SVP, Global Head Commercial & US Procurement at Novartis (2019–2021).
Robert Plenge
LinkedInExperience: Executive Vice President, Chief Research Officer, Head of Research · Bristol Myers Squibb
Executive Vice President, Chief Research Officer, Head of Research at Bristol Myers Squibb since July 2023. At Bristol Myers Squibb Plenge was also Senior Vice President and Head of Translational Medicine (2021–2023) and Senior Vice President and Head of Immunology, Cardiovascular, & Fibrosis within R&ED (2019–2023), and was Head, Inflammation & Immunology Thematic Center of Excellence (TCoE) Unit at Celgene (2017–2019).
Steve Sugino
LinkedInExperience: Senior Vice President and General Manager, Asia-Pacific · Bristol Myers Squibb
Senior Vice President and General Manager, Asia-Pacific at Bristol Myers Squibb since January 2025, and former President and General Manager, Japan there (2023–2024); the profile describes the Japan role as President and Representative Director of BMS' Japan operation. Sugino was President and Representative Director at Amgen (2017–2022).
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- 01How does a large biopharmaceutical company decide which research programs move into late-stage development?
- 02How do pharma executives build supply chains for complex therapies such as cell therapy?
- 03What does a large drugmaker's leadership weigh when choosing technology or procurement partners?
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