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.
Carpenter appointed CEO of GS1 US