Here are three things to know:
1. Cigna’s CEO David Cordani will serve as president and CEO of the combined company, as previously announced. Tim Wentworth, Express Scripts’ president and CEO, will lead the health services business as president of Express Scripts and Cigna services.
2. The other leaders include:
- Eric Palmer, CFO
- Mark Boxer, CIO
- Steven Miller, MD, chief clinical officer
- Brian Evanko, president of U.S. government business
- Nicole Jones, general counsel
- Matthew Manders, president of strategy and solutions
- John Murabito, chief human resources officer
- Lisa Bacus, chief marketing officer
- Jason Sadler, president of international markets
- Michael Triplett, president of U.S. commercial business
3. Cigna and Express Scripts’ proposed merger gained approval from the Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division Sept. 17.
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