Carpenter appointed CEO of GS1 US

Carpenter appointed CEO of GS1 US    GS1 US has named Robert W. Carpenter as chief executive officer, effective May 10.
   GS1 US, one of 108 country-based affiliates of GS1, a global standards organization, helps businesses adopt and implement standards-based supply chains.
   Carpenter was senior vice president of business and strategic development for Aramark International. He also served three years as president of Aramark Healthcare, a $1.7 billion division covering more than 1,100 hospitals in the United States. Before that he worked 11 years at Johnson & Johnson and its subsidiary McNeil Consumer & Specialty Pharmaceuticals.
   Miquel Lopera, who has been serving as CEO of GS1 US since 2004, while simultaneously serving as CEO of Brussels-based GS1, will focus on the company's global activities.
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