Medtronic appoints veteran J&J exec as first CFO of innovation.

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    "title": "Medtronic appoints veteran J&J exec as first CFO of innovation.",
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    "excerpt": "Medtronic appoints veteran J&J exec as first CFO of innovation.\n\nEric Lenard comes to the new position with more than two decades of experience in medtech finance, as Medtronic steps up its investment in innovation.\n\nPublished June 23, 2026\n\nName: Eric Lenard\n\nNew title: Vice president and CFO of innovation, development and quality, Medtronic\n\nPrevious title: Vice president of global services finance, Johnson & Johnson\n\nMedtronic has hired longtime Johnson & Johnson executive Eric Lenard to fill the new position of vice president and CFO for innovation, development and quality.\n\nCFO Thierry Piéton, who announced Lenard's appointment Monday on LinkedIn, said the new job at Medtronic represents an important step in the company's efforts to accelerate investment in innovation.\n\n\"This role brings Finance even closer to how we prioritize, fund, and execute R&D at enterprise scale, enabling our innovation pipeline to deliver even greater patient impact and long-term value creation,\" Piéton wrote.\n\nAt J&J, Lenard spent more than two decades in a variety of senior leadership posts in finance, according to his LinkedIn profile. In his most recent role, he was vice president of global services finance and before that, vice president of finance and CFO for robotics and digital solutions.\n\nPraising Lenard's track record at J&J, Piéton said, \"I look forward to partnering with him as we...",
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