Johnson & Johnson
Liz Forminard is Executive Vice President, General Counsel for Johnson & Johnson and a member of the Company’s Executive Committee. She serves as legal advisor to the Board of Directors and company executives and is responsible for shaping legal strategy worldwide. Liz also oversees the Company’s Environmental, Social and Governance strategy, Office of the Corporate Secretary, and Privacy organization. In addition, she serves as the executive sponsor of the Open & Out LGBTQ+ Employee Resource Group.
Since joining Johnson & Johnson in 2006, Liz has served as General Counsel across each of the Pharmaceuticals, Consumer Health and MedTech sectors, as well as Vice President leading the Corporate Governance function and numerous other functional and business-facing roles. Over more than two decades of her in-house legal career, Liz has distinguished herself as a dedicated and trusted legal partner with strong business acumen and a keen focus on understanding patient and customer needs.
With deep global experience, including responsibility for the legal function in each region and a global assignment in the Asia Pacific region, Liz has built and led global teams who share her passion for the role legal can play in driving innovation and enabling positive patient outcomes. A champion for talent, Liz is a highly collaborative leader who is deeply committed to diversity, equity and inclusion. She has developed, mentored and coached a strong pipeline of diverse talent throughout her career, consistently investing in the next generation.
Most recently, Liz served as General Counsel for the Pharmaceuticals Legal Group and was a member of the Pharmaceuticals Group Operating Committee. Liz’s tenure as General Counsel for the Pharmaceutical sector is typified by the programs she drove to ensure optimal, aligned intellectual property, regulatory, and commercial strategies internally, as well as her leadership in the global healthcare environment to promote initiatives that encourage innovation and benefit patients.
Before joining Johnson & Johnson, Liz developed extensive regulatory legal experience as an associate at a top international law firm, and in positions of increasing responsibility with the North America and Asia Pacific legal operations of Pfizer Inc.
Liz holds a B.A. degree from Cornell University and a J.D. from the University of Pennsylvania School of Law.
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Johnson & Johnson and its subsidiaries have approximately 141,700 employees worldwide engaged in the research and development, manufacture and sale of a broad range of products in the healthcare field. Johnson & Johnson is a holding company, with operating companies conducting business in virtually all countries of the world. The Company’s primary focus is products related to human health and well-being. Johnson & Johnson was incorporated in the State of New Jersey in 1887. Johnson & Johnson is organized into three business segments: Consumer Health, Pharmaceutical and Medical Devices. The Consumer Health segment includes a broad range of products focused on personal healthcare used in the Skin Health/Beauty, Over-the-Counter medicines, Baby Care, Oral Care, Women’s Health and Wound Care markets. The Pharmaceutical segment is focused on six therapeutic areas: Immunology (e.g., rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, inflammatory bowel disease and psoriasis), Infectious Diseases (e.g., HIV/AIDS and COVID-19), Neuroscience (e.g., mood disorders, neurodegenerative disorders and schizophrenia), Oncology (e.g., prostate cancer, hematologic malignancies, lung cancer and bladder cancer), Cardiovascular and Metabolism (e.g., thrombosis, diabetes and macular degeneration) and Pulmonary Hypertension (e.g., Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension). Medicines in this segment are distributed directly to retailers, wholesalers, distributors, hospitals and healthcare professionals for prescription use. The Medical Devices segment includes a broad range of products used in the Interventional Solutions, Orthopaedics, Surgery, and Vision fields. At Johnson & Johnson, employees are guided by Our Credo which sets forth the Company’s responsibilities to patients, consumers, customers, healthcare professionals, employees, communities and shareholders. The Company is committed to workplace diversity and to cultivating, fostering, and advancing a culture of equity and inclusion. Enabling employees to perform at their best while being themselves is fundamental to the Company’s continued success. The Company’s DEI vision is: Be yourself, change the world.