In each Walgreens local location, each position report to management at the local level. Local managers have authority …show more content…
The key management team can be referred as the head of the company. In the Walgreens Boots Alliance website, there are nine key managers, consisting of executive chairman, chief executive officer (CEO), co chief operating officers (COO), global chief financial officer (CFO), chief commercial officer (CCO), chief administrative officer and general counsel, chief accounting officer and global controller, and chief human resource officer (CHRO).
Jame A. Skinner has been Executive Chairman of Walgreens Boots Alliance since 2012. He held numerous leadership positions at McDonald 's, including Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the McDonald 's Corporation, President and Chief Operating Officer of the McDonald 's Restaurant Group, and President of McDonald 's Europe ("Senior management," 2016). He also previously served on the board of Hewlett Packard. Skinner is currently a member of the Chicago Club and also serves on the Board of Trustees for the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago ("Senior management," …show more content…
However, their authorities are slightly different. Gourlay is overseeing the operations of both Walgreens and Boots, while Barra is overseeing global brands, pharmaceutical wholesale, the retail pharmacy international business outside the UK and Republic of Ireland, human resources, and other business services ("Senior management," 2016). Both have very strong leadership background in pharmaceutical industry.
George Fairweather is Executive Vice president and Global Chief Financial Officer of Walgreens Boots Alliance. He was Group Finance Director of many companies, such as Alliance Boots before having joined Alliance UniChem, Elementis, Dawson International, Dixons Group, Procter & Gamble, and KPMG Thomson McLintock ("Senior management," 2016). Fairweather is also a member of The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland ("Senior management,"