Jean-Luc Butel's Biography

Jean-Luc Butel, Global Healthcare Advisor, President, K8 Global & Senior Advisor , McKinsey&Company

Jean-Luc Butel has had a long and illustrious international career in the health care industry. Before returning to Singapore in early 2015, Butel was Corporate Vice-President and President International for Baxter, responsible for all countries outside the US. Prior to Baxter he was Executive Vice-President and Group President International at Medtronic, also responsible for all countries outside of the US. Having spent 25 years working in several Asian countries, Butel also worked for Johnson & Johnson and Becton-Dickinson both in Asia and the US. While in Japan, Butel was the Chairman of the US-Japan Business Council for three years until 2011. In 2014 he was awarded the Public Service Medal (Friends of Singapore) by the President of Singapore. He is now a Global Healthcare Advisor and has been serving on the board of EDB since 2012 where he also serves on the finance committee. In 2015 Butel was appointed to the board of ETPL at A*STAR. Since June 2016 he is an independent director on the board of Takeda Pharmaceutical where he also serves as a member of the Audit and Supervisory Committee. Butel is a member of the Novo A/S Advisory Group. He is on the board of several medical technology start-ups in Asia and Europe. He is a Senior Advisor to McKinsey’s health care practice.