Owens & Minor (OMI) Appoints CFO Bierman to Additional Role of COO
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Owens & Minor, Inc. (NYSE: OMI) announced several internal management changes effective March 1, 2012, which are intended to better align leadership roles with the company’s strategic initiatives and goals.
Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer James L. Bierman will take on the expanded role of Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer of Owens & Minor, assuming leadership responsibility for the company’s field sales and operations. In addition to his new duties, Bierman will retain responsibility for global sourcing and product management activities, and he will continue his primary role in the company’s investor relations’ activities, including communications with company shareholders and analysts, as well as appearances at investor events. Bierman joined Owens & Minor in 2007.
Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer Charles C. Colpo, who joined Owens & Minor in 1981, will assume the role of Senior Vice President, Operations, and he will lead the company’s strategic initiatives to improve and modernize the core distribution business infrastructure, including implementation of a significant three-year project to transform the company’s information technology systems. Also, D. Andrew Edwards, Vice President, Controller & Chief Accounting Officer, who joined the company in 2009, will serve in the capacity of Interim Chief Financial Officer, pending selection of a new chief financial officer through an independent search.
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Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer James L. Bierman will take on the expanded role of Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer of Owens & Minor, assuming leadership responsibility for the company’s field sales and operations. In addition to his new duties, Bierman will retain responsibility for global sourcing and product management activities, and he will continue his primary role in the company’s investor relations’ activities, including communications with company shareholders and analysts, as well as appearances at investor events. Bierman joined Owens & Minor in 2007.
Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer Charles C. Colpo, who joined Owens & Minor in 1981, will assume the role of Senior Vice President, Operations, and he will lead the company’s strategic initiatives to improve and modernize the core distribution business infrastructure, including implementation of a significant three-year project to transform the company’s information technology systems. Also, D. Andrew Edwards, Vice President, Controller & Chief Accounting Officer, who joined the company in 2009, will serve in the capacity of Interim Chief Financial Officer, pending selection of a new chief financial officer through an independent search.
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