Medical device company Stryker (NYSE:SYK) said it hired William Jellison, the finance chief for Dentsply International (NSDQ:XRAY), to be its new CFO.
Jellison replaces interim CFO Dean Bergy, hired in the kerfluffle that ensued when Kalamazoo, Mich.-based Stryker’s abruptly pushed out then-CEO Stephen MacMillan in early 2012.
Jellison, a 15-year Dentsply veteran, is due to move into the C-suite in Kalamazoo April 22, Stryker said. He’s been CFO at York, Pa.-based Dentsply since 2005.
Bergy, who will assist in the transition through the 2nd quarter, will then resume his duties as corporate secretary, according to a press release.
"Bill’s accomplished career in managing the financial activities of growing multinational organizations will complement our leadership team in achieving our strategic goals," Stryker president & CEO Kevin Lobo said in prepared remarks.
Stryker ousted MacMillan, now CEO of infection control product maker sBioMed, in February 2012, in a move that shocked the orthopedics world.
Then-CFO Curt Hartman, who assumed interim CEO duties, departed in October of that year, when Stryker tapped Kevin Lobo, a MacMillan protégé, for the corner office.