People: Stryker Corp (SYK.N)

Mr. Kevin A. Lobo has been appointed as President, Chief Executive Officer, Director of Stryker Corp., effective October 1, 2012. He has had a 25-year business career that includes executive positions in general management and finance. He joined Stryker in April 2011 as Group President of the Neurotechnology and Spine Group and in June 2011 was appointed Group President, Orthopaedics. Before joining Stryker, Mr. Lobo had held a number of senior-level leadership roles at Johnson & Johnson and, since 2006, had been President of Johnson & Johnson's Ethicon Endo-Surgery subsidiary. Prior to joining Johnson & Johnson, Mr. Lobo held finance positions at KPMG, Unilever Canada and Kraft Canada and subsequently held executive positions at Rhone-Poulenc.