Chris Lee

Chris Lee is President, Asia Pacific at Medtronic – the world’s largest medical device company. With 90,000 employees worldwide and an annual revenue of $30.5B, Medtronic is best known for creating the world’s first battery-powered pacemaker, partnering with Tesla and SpaceX to produce ventilators for COVID-19 treatment, and for developing technological innovations that address 70+ conditions.

Chris leads Medtronic’s APAC business, which is now one of the company’s best performing regions – delivering consistent growth and high employee engagement. He was previously APAC head at Bayer HealthCare and held several senior roles at Bristol Meyers Squibb and Merck & Co.

Chris at-a-glance:

• Born and grew up in South Korea; worked across 10 countries in 3 continents
• Started as a sales rep with poor English in the US; within 9 months became the Merck Sales Champion
• Named Country Manager of Bristol Meyers Squibb (BMS) at age 29
• Appointed as Bayer’s first-ever ExCom member of Asian-descent
• Authored two best-selling books on Emotional Management and Marketing
• Held several dynamic roles and accolades: a taekwondo Olympian, night club DJ, pop song writer, Chef host on a Hawaiian TV show, NYC taxi driver
• Is a maverick leader who never follows the rules and seeks to entertain his employees

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