Healthcare Expert Kimberly Herman Promoted to President, Coloplast Corp.
MINNEAPOLIS, March 25 /PRNewswire/ -- Denmark-based Coloplast [COLOb.DC, www.us.coloplast.com] today announces the promotion of Kimberly Herman to president, chronic care, of Coloplast Corp., its U.S. subsidiary. Previously vice president, marketing, Herman has worked on various strategic initiatives for the company since August 2009. In her new role, she will focus on strengthening the commercial setup of the company.
"The American market is extremely important for the future growth of Coloplast," said Bjorn Christ, senior vice president, sales region Rest of World, which includes the U.S. market. "We already have high growth rates in the United States, and our goal is to accelerate this development. We believe Kimberly's deep knowledge of the U.S. healthcare market, expertise in sales and marketing, and solid leadership skills are critical to this growth."
Herman has more than 20 years of sales and marketing experience within the U.S. healthcare industry, most recently as vice president, marketing, Coloplast Corp. Prior to joining the company, Herman was vice president at Apria Healthcare; senior vice president and chief marketing officer at Gentiva Health Services; and executive vice president and chief operating officer at Senior Homecare, Inc. She also has six years of consulting and interim leadership experience for private equity portfolio clients, where she helped accelerate organizational growth.
Herman has a master's degree in business administration with a concentration in finance from Wake Forest University. She is a member of the Women Business Leaders of the U.S. Health Care Industry Foundation and the Healthcare Financial Management Association.
"Throughout my career I've focused on maximizing the value proposition for organization's customers, employees and shareholders," Herman said. "As a global market leader, Coloplast has a tremendous amount of value to provide the U.S. health care market. I look forward to leading those initiatives."
About Coloplast
Coloplast is a global leader in the development of intimate healthcare products and services to make life easier for people with deeply personal and private medical concerns. The company's business areas include ostomy care, continence and urology care, and wound and skin care. Fifty years ago Coloplast developed the world's first disposable ostomy bag and today it is highly regarded around the world for developing innovative, high-quality products. Key Coloplast brands include Assura, InterDry, SpeediCath, Biatain, Titan, Aris, Self Cath, Freedom Cath and SenSura. Coloplast is headquartered in Humlebaek, Denmark, with Coloplast Corp., its U.S. subsidiary, headquartered in Minneapolis. For more information about the company, visit us.coloplast.com.
SOURCE Coloplast
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