Medical device manufacturer Medtronic has named Jean Luc Butel as its senior vice president and president of Asia/Pacific. Butel, who joins the company from Johnson & Johnson, will be based in Tokyo and will report directly to Art Collins, Medtronic chairman and CEO, said the Minneapolis-based firm.
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
August 21, 2003
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