Namal Nawana
{{Short description|Australian businessman}}
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| education = University of Adelaide
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| occupation = Businessman
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| title = CEO, Smith & Nephew
| term = May 2018-Oct 2019
| predecessor = Olivier Bohuon
| successor = Roland Diggelmann
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Namal Nawana (born 1970/1971) is an Australian businessman, and former chief executive (CEO) of Smith & Nephew plc, a British multinational medical equipment manufacturing company.
Early life
Nawana earned a bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering in 1992, and a Masters of Medical Science from the University of Adelaide in South Australia in 1995, and an MBA from the Henley Business School, UK, in 2000.{{cite web |title=Executive Profile: Namal Nawana |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=225658392&privcapId=97461 |website=Bloomberg LP |accessdate=3 October 2018}}
Career
Nawana was CEO of the medical diagnostics company Alere, from 2014 until April 2018, overseeing its 2017 sale to Abbott Laboratories. Subsequently, he took over from Olivier Bohuon as CEO of Smith & Nephew.{{cite web|url=http://www.smith-nephew.com/news-and-media/media-releases/news/namal-nawana-appointed-chief-executive-officer-of-smith-nephew/|title=Namal Nawana appointed Chief Executive Officer of Smith & Nephew - Smith & Nephew|author=|date=|website=www.smith-nephew.com|accessdate=3 October 2018}}{{cite web|url=https://www.beckersspine.com/orthopedic-a-spine-device-a-implant-news/item/40580-meet-smith-nephew-s-new-ceo-namal-nawana-4-things-to-know.html|title=Meet Smith & Nephew's new CEO Namal Nawana — 4 things to know|first=Laura|last=Dyrda|date=|website=beckersspine.com|accessdate=3 October 2018}}
In October 2019, Smith & Nephew announced Nawana would stand down, reportedly "because his requests for higher pay, in line with the packages awarded by US medical device-makers, could not be met under UK corporate governance standards".{{cite web |last1=Kollewe |first1=Julia |title=Smith & Nephew chief executive to stand down after pay row |url=https://www.theguardian.com/business/2019/oct/21/smith-and-nephew-ceo-to-stand-down-after-18-months-following-pay-row-namal-nawana |website=The Guardian |date=21 October 2019 |access-date=28 October 2019}}
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Category:Australian chief executives