January 26, 2021 – BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) (Franklin Lakes, NJ) announced Tom Polen, BD CEO and president, will assume additional responsibility as chairman of the BD board of directors effective April 28, 2021.
Polen will succeed Vincent A. Forlenza, who will retire from BD at that time.
Polen joined BD in 1999, and has held a variety of leadership roles at numerous business units.
He was appointed president of BD in April 2017, was named chief operating officer in October 2018, and became CEO in January 2020.