Danaher names Julie Sawyer Montgomery CEO, Rainer Blair to retire - DHR News | RalliesDanaher names Julie Sawyer Montgomery CEO, Rainer Blair to retire
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DHR• CEO succession announced for 2026
- Danaher named Julie Sawyer Montgomery president and CEO, effective Oct. 1, 2026; she will also join the board.
- Outgoing CEO Rainer Blair will retire on Oct. 1, 2026; he will serve as senior advisor until March 31, 2027.
- Sawyer Montgomery most recently ran the Diagnostics platform as executive vice president; she joined in 2017 at Beckman Coulter Diagnostics.
- She became Beckman Coulter Diagnostics president in 2020, following roles leading commercial operations and R&D.
- Under her Diagnostics leadership, revenue rose to about USD 11 billion from about USD 6 billion in 2017; operating profit roughly tripled.
