Robert Ford is President and Chief Executive Officer of Abbott, a global healthcare company with a leading portfolio of products and technologies in diagnostics, medical devices, nutritionals and branded generic pharmaceuticals. Before being named to this role in 2020, Robert served as the company’s president and Chief Operating Officer since 2018. Previously he served as Executive Vice President of Abbott’s Medical Devices business, overseeing the successful integration of St. Jude Medical. Since joining the company in 1996, he’s held management positions across several of Abbott’s businesses, including Diagnostics, Nutrition, and Medical Devices. Discovering, developing and bringing to