Covidien, the $12B former Tyco Healthcare surgical instruments maker which is spinning off its pharmaceutical business, has brought in a Johnson Controls exec to head global corporate communications.
Eric Kraus left the senior VP role at Covidien in January to head communications at Bacardi.
Jacqueline Strayer, VP overseeing media relations, internal comms., advertising and social media, among other segments at Johnson Controls, the SVP, corporate comms., title with Covidien in its Mansfield, Mass., corporate headquarters.
Covidien, incorporated in Ireland, was spun off from Tyco in 2007 and said last month that it would unload its pharmaceutical business, Mallinckrodt, by July.
Strayer reports directly to president/CEO Jose Almeida with responsibility for corporate marketing, PR, media relations, financial communications, crisis communications, issues management, philanthropy and Covidien's digital presence.
She previous led comms. for Arrow Electronics and held corporate PR post at United Technologies, GE Capital and William M. Mercer.
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