1. Sir Andrew Philip Witty was born on 22August 1964 and is an English business executive who has been the CEO of American health insurance company UnitedHealth Group since 2021.
16 Facts About Andrew Witty
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Andrew Witty was previously the CEO of British pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline from 2008 to 2017 and chancellor of the University of Nottingham from 2013 to 2017.
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Andrew Philip Witty was born in Nantwich on 22 August 1964.
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Andrew Witty held various positions in the UK, including director of pharmacy and distribution in Glaxo Pharmaceuticals UK.
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Andrew Witty was a vice president and general manager of marketing of Glaxo Wellcome Inc.
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Andrew Witty was an economic adviser to the governor of Guangzhou, China, from 2000 to 2002.
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Andrew Witty was appointed president, Pharmaceuticals Europe of GlaxoSmithKline plc in January 2003 and succeeded Jean-Pierre Garnier as CEO following his retirement in May 2008.
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Andrew Witty was paid an annual salary of and received bonuses and other compensation amounting to for this role.
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From 2010 until 2015, Andrew Witty was on the business advisory board of David Cameron during Cameron's tenure as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
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Andrew Witty announced his retirement from the role of chancellor in November 2017.
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In March 2016, Andrew Witty announced that he was to step down as chief executive.
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From 2017 until 2018, Andrew Witty led the National Health Service's Accelerated Access Collaborative.
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In July 2018, Andrew Witty became CEO of Optum, a division of UnitedHealth Group.
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From April 2020 to December 2020, Andrew Witty took a leave of absence from Optum to assist the World Health Organization in developing a vaccine for COVID-19.
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Andrew Witty was knighted in the 2012 New Year Honours for services to the economy and the UK pharmaceutical industry.
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Andrew Witty was conferred the Honorary Citizen Award by Singapore in 2018.