On November 29, 2021, Baxter International Inc. appointed Giuseppe Accogli, age 51, to serve as the company's Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, effective immediately. Mr. Accogli previously served as the company's Senior Vice President and President, Americas and Global Business Units. In 2020, his role was expanded to include President of the Company's Global Businesses, a position he previously held from 2017 to 2019. Mr. Accogli joined the Company in 2007 as the Renal business unit director in Italy and assumed positions of increasing responsibility with the Renal business in Europe, including head of the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA") region for the Company's Renal business from 2013 to 2015.