November 25, 2014

Zoetis appoints president of global manufacturing and supply

Zoetis Inc. has appointed Roman Trawicki as president of global manufacturing and supply.

With more than 20 years of international experience in healthcare manufacturing and operations, Trawicki will oversee the company's global manufacturing and supply network.

Trawicki will join Zoetis from GE Healthcare, where he has been general manager of global supply chain for medical diagnostics focussing on diagnostics, injectable contrast media and nuclear medicines. In that role, he has managed 2,500 colleagues across the world and overseen 16 manufacturing sites. During his career he has gained extensive global leadership experience in lean manufacturing, supply and operations from additional roles at GE Healthcare, Coloplast and Smith & Nephew.

Trawicki earned his bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Hertfordshire, UK in 1986, and worked in engineering roles for Ford Motor Company, Black & Decker Corporation and Cummins Engine Company before moving into the healthcare sector at Smith & Nephew in 1992.

Trawicki will join the company on January 1, 2015, replacing Carolyn Hawver, current president of global manufacturing and supply. He will be based at the company's location in Zaventem, Belgium, and report to Kristin Peck, executive vice president and group president for Zoetis.