GlaxoSmithKline Names Former Wal-Mart Executive as Chief Digital and Technology Officer

By Denise Roland

LONDON--GlaxoSmithKline PLC (GSK) on Tuesday said it has appointed former Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (WMT) executive Karenann Terrell to its newly-created role of chief digital and technology officer.

The U.K.-based drug maker said the creation of the new role reflected the company's efforts to improve its use of new technology.

Ms. Terrell's role would involve applying new technologies to areas like clinical trials, drug development and improving how the company interacts with doctors and other health-care workers, the company said.

Ms. Terrell, who was Wal-Mart's chief information officer from 2012 until her departure earlier this year, will join the drug maker on Sept. 4 and become a member of its corporate executive team, Glaxo said.

At Wal-Mart, Ms. Terrell's role involved helping manage the grocery chain's push into online sales, where customers buy food through the company's website or mobile app and pick it up at a local store. She joined Wal-Mart in 2010 as an executive vice president of information systems, having previously spent four years as chief information officer at health-care firm Baxter International Inc. (BAX).

Write to Denise Roland at denise.roland@wsj.com

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July 25, 2017 08:07 ET (12:07 GMT)

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