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10 UnitedHealth Group executives
These ten current and former UnitedHealth Group executives have held chief officer, CEO, president and executive vice president titles at UnitedHealth Group, including its current CFO and leaders of UnitedHealthcare and Optum businesses. A reader can learn how UnitedHealth Group leaders build and run their teams across business units and corporate functions.
Professionals to explore
01—10Aline Schellhas
LinkedInExperience: CEO, Optum Financial · UnitedHealth Group
CEO, Optum Financial at UnitedHealth Group since March 2026, with the profile describing Optum Financial as a division of UnitedHealth Group. At UnitedHealth Group the profile also lists CFO, Optum Financial, Senior Vice President UnitedHealth Group (2024–2025), CEO Amil, Senior Vice President UnitedHealth Group (2023–2024) and CFO at UHG Brazil, Senior Vice President at UnitedHealth Group (2020–2023).
Clay Rudolph
LinkedInExperience: Senior Vice President, Business Unit CFO, Optum Insight · UnitedHealth Group
Senior Vice President, Business Unit CFO, Optum Insight at UnitedHealth Group since January 2021; the profile says the role leads finance for a multibillion healthcare technology and technology-enabled services business, with portfolio responsibility that has included risk adjustment, payment integrity and revenue cycle management. The profile also lists Vice President, Corporate Development, M&A, UnitedHealth Group (2016–2021).
Dirk McMahon
LinkedInExperience: President and Chief Operating Officer · UnitedHealth Group
Former President and Chief Operating Officer of UnitedHealth Group (February 2021 to April 2024), a role the profile says focused on building a strategy and workplace for the 350,000 teammates at Optum and UnitedHealthcare. The profile also lists Executive Vice President Operations at UnitedHealth Group (2014–2017), Chief Executive Officer at UnitedHealthcare (2019–2021) and President and Chief Operating Officer at Optum (2017–2019).
Jason Patten
LinkedInExperience: EVP, Head of Enterprise Strategy · UnitedHealth Group
EVP, Head of Enterprise Strategy at UnitedHealth Group since January 2022; the profile says the role leads Corporate Strategy, Strategic Partnerships and Innovation functions for UHG. At UnitedHealth Group the profile also lists Chief Operating Officer, OptumHealth (2019–2022) and Senior Vice President, OptumHealth (2017–2019).
John Cosgriff
LinkedInExperience: CEO, UnitedHealthOne · UnitedHealth Group
CEO, UnitedHealthOne at UnitedHealth Group since January 2022; the profile describes UnitedHealthOne as the multibillion dollar retail and direct-to-consumer business within UnitedHealthcare. At UnitedHealth Group the profile also lists Chief Strategy Officer and SVP of Business Development, UnitedHealthcare (2017–2022) and SVP of Strategy and New Ventures, UnitedHealthcare Medicare & Retirement (2015–2017).
Margaret-Mary Wilson MD, MBA, MRCP, FNMCP
LinkedInExperience: Chief Medical Officer and Executive Vice President · UnitedHealth Group
Chief Medical Officer and Executive Vice President at UnitedHealth Group since December 2021; the profile describes work to help advance UnitedHealth Group's clinical quality, innovation, modernization and transformation efforts. At UnitedHealth Group the profile also lists Executive Vice President and Associate Chief Medical Officer (2021) and Chief Medical Officer & Senior Vice President, UnitedHealthcare Global (2015–2021).
Matt Peterson
LinkedInExperience: CEO UHC Local Markets, Individual and Specialty · UnitedHealth Group
CEO UHC Local Markets, Individual and Specialty at UnitedHealth Group since January 2026, a business the profile says oversees a multifaceted portfolio across Commercial, Medicare and Medicaid markets. At UnitedHealth Group the profile also lists CEO Ancillary and Individual (2014–2026) and Chief Administrative Officer, UnitedHealthcare E&I (2006–2014).
Suha Assi
LinkedInExperience: Chief Executive Officer · UnitedHealth Group
Chief Executive Officer at UnitedHealth Group since January 2022, a C-level General Management role that the profile headline describes as CEO, UnitedHealthcare Medicare - AL/NC/TN/ Mid -Atlantic. The profile also lists Executive Director For Medicare & Retirement, TN at UnitedHealth Group (listed as current since 2017) and Director of Business Modeling & Analysis at HealthSpring (2014–2015).
Travis Winkey
LinkedInExperience: EVP, President OptumHealth · UnitedHealth Group
EVP, President OptumHealth at UnitedHealth Group since July 2020, an executive-level role according to the profile, and Chief Development Officer at UnitedHealth Group from January 2018 to January 2020, a C-level General Management role. These are the only two work history rows the listing shows for this person.
Wayne DeVeydt
LinkedInExperience: Chief Financial Officer · UnitedHealth Group
Chief Financial Officer of UnitedHealth Group since September 2025, a C-level Finance & Accounting role according to the profile, which carries the headline Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, UnitedHealth Group. The profile also lists Managing Director at Bain Capital (2022–2026).
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Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How does UnitedHealth Group decide which businesses, markets and products to expand or exit?
- 02What does UnitedHealth Group look for when evaluating a new care delivery, data or technology partner?
- 03How do UnitedHealthcare and Optum leaders coordinate priorities when medical costs and utilization rise?
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