Gene Vivino, Senior Advisor at The Courtney Group, has spent three decades planning for, building and managing businesses worldwide. He has extensive expertise in international and emerging markets, especially China, and has held leadership positions in finance, strategic planning, business development, and management.

From 1999 to 2015 Mr. Vivino worked at Becton Dickinson. In his most recent assignments in Asia, he led development of the company’s long-term strategic plan for China, creating a key growth driver for the company. He has also developed country level strategic plans for Indonesia, Vietnam, India, Korea, Australia, and New Zealand, as well as planning and business development experience in Brazil and other Latin American countries.

As Becton Dickinson’s Director of Corporate Development and Strategic Investments, Mr. Vivino led the identification, evaluation, strategic fit, due diligence and integration for a range of acquisitions and strategic alliances. Mr. Vivino worked on the acquisitions of Clontech, Gentest and other life science tools companies. Mr. Vivino prepared and delivered investor presentations for Becton Dickinson at many conferences and analyst meetings. He has specialized in communicating a company’s entrepreneurial vision to the marketplace.

Previously, Mr. Vivino worked at Monsanto, Merck, NutraSweet, and Exxon Mobil. He has extensive experience in healthcare, biotechnology, food ingredients, specialty chemicals, and petrochemicals.

Mr. Vivino has an MBA in Finance, Marketing & Strategic Planning from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, and a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Lehigh University. Mr. Vivino is married, with a son. He has lived and worked in the U.S., Asia and Latin America, is fluent in Brazilian Portuguese and has a working knowledge of Mandarin Chinese, Spanish and Italian.

Areas of Interest: Medtech, Food and Ingredients, Chemicals