Guido J. Neels retired as Guidant's (GDT Quote) chief operating officer, effective Wednesday, becoming the second top executive to leave the Indianapolis-based medical-device maker this month.
The company, which is in the process of being acquired by Johnson & Johnson (JNJ Quote), offered little additional information. In a short document filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Guidant said Neels will serve as a special adviser to the chairman until the end of the year and represent the company at the Advanced Medical Technology Association.
Neels became operating chief in May 2004. Before that, he was group chairman in the company's office of the president. Among his previous positions, he had been the president of Guidant operations in Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Canada. He first joined Eli Lilly (LLY Quote), Guidant's former parent company, in 1982. ...
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