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HCA Adds Jay O. Light and Geoffrey G. Meyers to its Board of Directors

^{Published on 2011-03-15 13:40:46 - Market Wire}
 

NASHVILLE, Tenn.--([ BUSINESS WIRE ])--HCA (NYSE:HCA) today announced that Jay O. Light, Dean Emeritus of Harvard Business School, and Geoffrey G. Meyers, retired Chief Financial Officer of Manor Care, have been elected to HCAa™s board as independent directors, effective March 9. With the additions, HCAa™s board of directors grows from 13 to 15. Collectively, the two bring more than 55 years of professional experience.

"We are delighted to welcome them to HCAa™s board."

aJay and Geoff are two highly-respected thought leaders with strong backgrounds in business, governance and healthcare and a keen understanding of the industrya™s current landscape,a said Richard M. Bracken, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of HCA. aWe are delighted to welcome them to HCAa™s board.a

Light is the George F. Baker Professor of Administration Emeritus for Harvard Business School in addition to the schoola™s Dean Emeritus. He was named Interim Dean in 2005 and Dean the following year. During his tenure, Light fostered new faculty initiatives in healthcare, science-based business and business and the environment, and he expanded the schoola™s international presence with the opening of a research center in India and a new facility in China. He currently serves as a director of Partners Healthcare, the Harvard Management Company and The Blackstone Group. He is also a member of the investment committees of several endowments and serves as a director of a number of private firms.

Meyers was CFO, Executive Vice President and Treasurer for Manor Care from 1988 until 2006. Before joining Manor Care, he held a number of leadership positions at Owens-Illinois, including CFO of the companya™s Health Care Division, during a 20-year career there. Meyers currently serves as PharMericaa™s Chairman of the Board, having served as a director of the company since 2009. In addition, he is Chairman of the Trust Company of Toledo, a northwestern Ohio trust bank, and is Treasurer of the Board of Directors of Mercy Health Partners (an affiliate of Catholic Health Partners).

All references to aCompanya and aHCAa as used throughout this release refer to HCA Holdings, Inc. and its affiliates.