Henry Schein announces retirement of Chief Administrative Officer, appoints Chief Operating Officer

April 4, 2022 – Henry Schein announced today that Gerald A. Benjamin plans to retire as Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer, effective July 1, 2022, after 34 years with the company. Benjamin, who will also retire from Henry Schein’s Board of Directors at the end of his current term in May, will stay on as an adviser. 

In conjunction with Benjamin’s retirement, Michael S. Ettinger will be promoted to Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, effective July 1, 2022, reporting to Stanley M. Bergman, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Henry Schein. Ettinger joined Henry Schein in 1994 and has served as Senior Vice President, Corporate & Legal Affairs and Secretary, since 2013 and Chief of Staff since 2015, responsible for the Company’s corporate affairs, communications, legal, compliance, regulatory, and security functions. Prior to his current position, he served as the company’s General Counsel. The organizational changes announced today reflect the implementation of the Company’s succession plan for members of its senior corporate, shared services, and administrative teams. 

Benjamin was responsible for developing and expanding the Company’s world-class supply chain system, which includes the management of approximately 5.6 million square feet of properties around the world, consisting of 27 distribution centers, offices, showrooms, manufacturing, and sales space around the world. His work contributed significantly to the financial success of the company, whose sales have grown at a compound annual rate of approximately 12.5 percent since Henry Schein became a public company in 1995. 

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