Alex Gorksy is the Worldwide Chairman of Medical Devices and Diagnostics Group and a member of the Executive Committee at Johnson & Johnson.  He assumed this role in September 2009. 

Alex began his Johnson & Johnson career as a sales representative with Janssen Pharmaceutical Inc., in 1988.  Over the next 15 years, he advanced through positions of increasing responsibility in sales, marketing and management and, in 2001, was appointed President of JANSSEN.  In 2003, he was promoted to Company Group Chairman of the Johnson & Johnson pharmaceutical business in Europe, the Middle East and Africa.  Alex left Johnson & Johnson in 2004 to serve as the chief operating officer for Novartis Pharmaceutical Corporation.  In 2005, he was named head of Pharma North America and Chief Executive Officer for Novartis. 

Alex returned to Johnson & Johnson in 2008 as Company Group Chairman and Worldwide Franchise Chairman for ETHICON.  At the time, he was also appointed to the Surgical Care Group Operating Committee.  In early 2009, he was appointed Worldwide Chairman of the Surgical Care Group and also was appointed to the Johnson & Johnson Executive Committee. 

Alex holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y., and spent six years in the U.S. Army, finishing his military career with the rank of Captain.  Alex earned a Master of Business Administration degree from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in 1996. 

A longtime advocate of diversity and inclusion, Alex was named the 2009 Mentor of the Year by the Healthcare Businesswomen’s Association, an organization he has been involved with the many years.  During his tenure with Novartis, he established the Novartis CEO Award for Diversity and Inclusion.  Currently, he is the Executive Sponsor of Johnson & Johnson Women’s Leadership Initiative.  Throughout his many years with Johnson & Johnson, Alex has supported a wide variety of diversity groups. 

Alex serves on the board of directors of the Doylestown Hospital in Doylestown, PA.  He and his wife, Pat, have a son, Nicholas.