Baxter names John Rogers as CFO, effective October 2026

Baxter International Inc. (NYSE: BAX) has appointed John Rogers as executive vice president and chief financial officer, effective Oct. 1, 2026. Rogers will report to president and CEO Andrew Hider, according to a press release from the Deerfield, Ill.-based medical technology company.

Rogers joins Baxter from Smith+Nephew plc, where he served as CFO since 2024, having joined the company as CFO-designate in 2023. Before that, he served as CFO of WPP plc, where he led the company's global transformation program.

Rogers previously held several roles at J Sainsbury plc, including CEO of Sainsbury's Argos and CFO of Sainsbury's. He also holds board experience as an independent director and audit committee chair of Grab Holdings Limited and previously of Travis Perkins plc.

Rogers holds a master's degree in electrical engineering from Imperial College London, an MBA from INSEAD and completed the Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School.

"John is a proven global finance executive with extensive operational expertise and a successful track record leading complex transformation initiatives," Hider said in the statement.

Baxter also reiterated its full-year 2026 financial outlook, which was originally provided in its most recent earnings announcement on July 30, 2026.

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