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BD Names J. Peter Natale as Chief Information Officer
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Contact: Colleen T. White Corporate Communications (201) 847-5369 Email: colleen_white@bd.com Patricia A. Spinella Investor Relations (201) 847-5453 Email: patricia_spinella@bd.com Franklin Lakes, NJ (June 14, 2004) -- BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) (NYSE:BDX) today announced that J. Peter Natale has been named Vice President and Chief Information Officer.
"We are very pleased that Pete is joining BD in this critical role and will lead the management of our global IT operations," said John R. Considine, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. "His nearly two decades of experience in global enterprise-wide business process and systems implementation and transformation will be of great benefit to our Company."
In his role at BD, Mr. Natale will report to Mr. Considine and will become a member of the BD Leadership Team. He will have overall responsibility for BD's global IT operations.
Mr. Natale joins BD from the General Electric Company, where he served most recently as the Americas IT Leader for GE Consumer & Industrial, a $9 billion business unit. Previously, he served as CIO for GE's Electrical Products and Power Equipment businesses. Prior to joining GE, Mr. Natale served for 12 years at Westvaco Corporation in a variety of IT positions of increasing responsibility within commercial analysis, finance and manufacturing.
As a three-time graduate of the University of Connecticut, Mr. Natale remains an active member of the university community through his participation with its Board of Advisors.
BD is a medical technology company that serves healthcare institutions, life science researchers, clinical laboratories, industry and the general public. BD manufactures and sells a broad range of medical supplies, devices, laboratory equipment and diagnostic products. For the fiscal year ended September 30, 2003, BD reported total revenues of $4.528 billion.
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