Miles White

Mr. Miles D. White has been the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer at Abbott Laboratories Limited since 1999. Mr. White joined Abbott in 1984. He serves as the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer at Abbott Laboratories, Limited. He served as an Executive Vice President of Abbott from 1998 to 1999. He served as Senior Vice President of Diagnostic Operations at Abbott Laboratories, a holding company of Medisense Inc. from 1994 to 1998, and also it’s Vice President of Diagnostics Systems Operations from 1993 to 1994. From 1992 to 1993, he served as a Divisional Vice President and General Manager, Diagnostic Systems and Operations at Abbott Laboratories and prior to 1992, Mr. White served as a Divisional Vice President and General Manager of Hospital Laboratory Sector. Prior to joining Abbott, he served as Management Consultant with McKinsey & Co. He serves as the Chairman of the Dean’s Advisory Board at Kellogg School of Management. He served as Chairman of The Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago from 2006 to 2007. He serves as Vice Chairman of the Chicago 2016 Board of Directors. He serves as a Director of Abbott Vascular, Inc and Abbott Diagnostics. Mr. White has been a Director of McDonald's Corp. since April 2009 and an Independent Director of Caterpillar Inc. since January 1, 2011. He serves as Member of Board of Investors of Merrick Ventures, LLC. He served as Independent Director of Tribune Company from July 20, 2005 to August 7, 2007. He served as a Director of Motorola Solutions, Inc. (Motorola Inc.) from October 1, 2005 to May 4, 2009. He served as a Director of MediSense Inc. He is a member of the International Advisory Council of the Guanghua School of Management at Peking University, and the Stanford Graduate School of Business Advisory Council. As an active member of the civic and business communities, Mr. White serves as Vice Chairman of the Board of Trustees for The Field Museum in Chicago of which he is immediate past chair. He served as the Chairman of The Economic Club of Chicago, the Chairman of The Executives' Club of Chicago, immediate past Chair of The Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America, and a member of the Civic Committee of The Commercial Club of Chicago, the Culver Educational Foundation, The Stanford Graduate School of Business Advisory Council, and The Stanford Advisory Council on Interdisciplinary Biosciences. He serves as Director of The Executives’ Club of Chicago. He also is on the board of trustees for Northwestern University, The Joffrey Ballet of Chicago and The Culver Educational Foundation. Mr. White holds an MBA and Bachelor's Degree (BS) in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford University.