Kieran Gallahue
Managing Director
RiverVale Capital
Biography
Kieran Gallahue is the former chairman and chief executive officer of CareFusion (NYSE: CFN) from 2011 until its acquisition by Becton Dickinson (NYSE: BDX) in 2015 for $12.3 billion.
Kieran is currently a director on the boards of public companies: Edwards Lifesciences Corp. (NYSE: EW), Intersect ENT (NASDAQ: XENT) and Arena Pharmaceutical (NASDAQ: ARNA), and private companies: Systems Oncology and Nucleus Biologics. Prior, Kieran served on the Executive Committee of The Advanced Medical Technology Association (AdvaMed), a trade association representing 80 percent of medical technology firms in the United States. He has served as both the Chairman of the International Business Committee and as AdvaMed’s Treasurer. In addition, Kieran served on Qualcomm Life’s advisory board prior to its divestiture, and on the board of directors of Volcano Corp. (NASDAQ: VOLC), a developer of products for interventional cardiology and image-guided therapy, from 2007 until its acquisition by Philips in 2015 for $1.3 billion Qualcomm Life’s advisory board.
Previously, Kieran served as president, CEO and a director of ResMed (NYSE: RMD), a medical device firm serving the sleep-disordered breathing and respiratory markets.
Prior to joining ResMed, Kieran held positions at Nanogen, Instrumentation Laboratory, The Procter & Gamble Company and GE.
Kieran holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from Rutgers University and an MBA from Harvard Business School.