Jean-Baptiste Leray

Jean-Baptiste (JB) Leray is the Chief Transformation Officer for Performance Health, a leader in consumer healthcare and the largest global manufacturer and distributor of products to the physical therapy, sports medicine, and rehabilitation markets. JB oversees the company's M&A agenda and is responsible for leading the articulation of Performance Heath’s short-term and long-term strategy.

Before re-joining Performance Health as CTO, JB served as Regional CFO, Latin America and Canada, and Global Head Finance, Business Development & Licensing, at Novartis Oncology.

Prior to this, JB was the Global Head FP&A for Performance Health, held numerous Finance roles of increasing responsibility at Sandoz, and was a management consultant at McKinsey, Samsung, and Bain. Throughout his career, he enjoyed the opportunity to work and live on all continents and be exposed to many cultures.

JB holds a B.S. in Accounting from Auburn University, a M.Sc. in Computer Science from INSA Lyon, and an MBA from Columbia Business School.