Baxter International Inc. (NYSE:BAX) has tapped Medtronic (NYSE:MDT) executive Jean-Luc Butel as the next president of its international business unit.
The Deerfield, Ill.-based medical device & diagnostics giant said Butel will assume his new position effective February 20, 2012. He currently holds the executive vice president and group president, international position at Minn.-based med-tech titan Medtronic.