NEW YORK, April 15, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- The Vanguard Group for Leadership, an advisory group focused on fostering high-performance leadership, announced today the inaugural Vanguard Forum for Healthcare Leaders ('The Forum'), an invitation-only gathering of senior healthcare industry executives examining management strategies and learnings across an evolving healthcare landscape. The Forum will be held on June 18, 2014 in New York City. 

The Forum, which will feature some of the industry's most prominent CEOs, leadership experts and top executives, seeks to help tomorrow's leaders define and build skills for the future and create a network among leaders of critical importance in the converging healthcare environment.

The inaugural event will feature C-Suite leaders, advisors, and other experts who will conduct interactive sessions with participants on building high performance leadership in the new global healthcare ecosystem. Featured speakers will include:

• Fred Hassan, Managing Director, Healthcare, Warburg Pincus
• Ram Charan, Leadership Expert, Ram Charan Associates
• Brent Saunders, President & CEO, Forest Laboratories
• N. Anthony Coles, MD, Former President and CEO, Onyx Pharmaceuticals
• John Driscoll, CEO, CareCentrix
• Paul Hastings, Chairman & CEO, OncoMed
• Glen de Vries, President, Medidata Solutions
• Jami Rubin, Healthcare Analyst, Goldman Sachs

Sessions on transformational leadership, building a high-performance culture, working with a board of directors and selecting senior management teams will be featured as part of the half-day program.

"As the healthcare and biopharmaceutical industries become increasingly more complex and interwoven, today's leaders have much to offer the next generation who will face many new challenges wrought by an ever changing healthcare environment," said Ken Banta, CEO and Managing Partner of The Vanguard Group for Leadership. "Through this inaugural Forum, we are seeking to harness the insights and learnings of today's top industry executives to ensure that the next generation of leadership is well equipped to guide their organizations through an environment of increasingly accelerated change and complexity." 

Additional information about the Forum can be found by visiting: www.thevanguardforum.com

About The Vanguard Forum for Healthcare Leaders

The Vanguard Forum for Healthcare Leaders seeks to engage senior leadership across the healthcare ecosystem with top tier CEOs, advisors and other experts; define and build leadership for the future – a unique and vital contribution to global healthcare; and build a network among 'Vanguard' leaders – of critical importance in the converging healthcare environment.

About the Vanguard Group for Leadership

The Vanguard Group for Leadership is dedicated to fostering high performance leadership, and enabling the success of complex organizational transformations. Ken Banta is the CEO and Managing Partner of The Vanguard Group for Leadership.

CONTACT:

Mark Marmur
Makovsky Health
Phone: (212) 508-9670
Email: [email protected]

SOURCE The Vanguard Group for Leadership