Cardinal Health

Cardinal Health has named David H. Lees, Ph.D., to the post of president of Cardinal Health Canada, signaling the company’s regard for Canada as an important component to its overall strategy of expanding the market for its products and services outside the U.S. Dr. Lees will be responsible for leading Cardinal’s Canadian operations, as well as developing and implementing the company’s growth strategy for Canada. He will report to Jeff Henderson, chief financial officer.

“Canada is one of the world’s largest health-care markets and, therefore, vital to the goals we’ve outlined to grow the market for our products and services and serve health-care customers worldwide,” said R. Kerry Clark, chief executive officer, Cardinal Health. “We are fortunate to have a leader in David, whose track record of success for growth is well proven.”

Dr. Lees joined the company with the acquisition of Source Medical, a distributor of medical and surgical supplies in Canada, where he served as president and chief executive officer for the past seven years. He will continue to be based at Cardinal’s offices in Mississauga, Ontario. Prior to joining Source Medical, Dr. Lees held senior executive positions with a number of Canadian enterprises, most recently, Canada Bread Co., Ltd., where he was president and chief executive officer for six years.