Rice Powell

Chairman & Chief Executive Officer
Fresenius Medical Care AG & Co.

Rice Powell is chief executive officer and chairman of the management board of Fresenius Medical Care, the world’s leading provider of products and services for people with chronic kidney failure.

Prior to becoming chief executive officer, he was vice chairman of the management board and member of the management board responsible for the North American region from 2010 through 2012. Powell joined Fresenius Medical Care in 1997 and was appointed to the company's management board and co-chief executive officer of Fresenius Medical Care North America in 2004.

Powell has more than 36 years of experience in the healthcare industry. Between 1978 and 1996, he held a number of positions at Baxter International Inc. and Biogen Inc. in the United States.