Atrium Innovations Names Peter Luther President and Chief Executive Officer

10-Jun-2014 - Canada

Atrium Innovations Inc. announced that Peter Luther, former President of Johnson & Johnson Consumer Healthcare, has been named President and Chief Executive Officer of Atrium, effective at the end of June. He succeeds Pierre Fitzgibbon, who, as previously announced, will leave the Company by mutual agreement with the Board of Directors. The Company also announced that Jacques Bougie, former President and CEO of Alcan Inc., W. Brian Edwards, founder and former CEO of BCE Emergis, and Mr. Luther will join Atrium's Board of Directors. Mr. Bougie will serve as Chairman of the Board and be based in Montreal, Québec.

Mr. Luther, 49, has 25 years of experience in the consumer packaged goods and healthcare industries. Since 1987, he has worked for Johnson & Johnson and has served as President of several of the company's large divisions over the past 10+ years. His most recent role was President of the Consumer Healthcare business. In this role, Mr. Luther drove over $2.0 billion in annual retail sales in 2013 across 17 of the world's most iconic brands, including Listerine®, Band-Aid® and Neosporin®.

Prior to his role as President of Johnson & Johnson Consumer Healthcare, Mr. Luther served as President of Johnson & Johnson's McNeil Consumer Healthcare with responsibility for such brands as Tylenol®, Motrin®, Zyrtec® and Benadryl®. Previous roles included President of Johnson & Johnson Beauty Care with brands such as Neutrogena®, Aveeno®, Clean & Clear® and Lubriderm® and President of LifeScan, Inc., a manufacturer and marketer of glucose monitoring systems under the One Touch® brand. Mr. Luther received his Masters of Management from the Northwestern University Kellogg Graduate School of Management, and his BA from Kenyon College.

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