HARRY M. JANSEN KRAEMER, JR. is an executive partner with Madison Dearborn, a private equity firm based in Chicago, Ill. and a clinical professor of management and strategy at Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management. He is the former chairman and chief executive officer of Baxter International Inc., a $9 billion global health care company. Mr. Kraemer joined Baxter in 1982 and his 22-year-career at Baxter included senior positions in both domestic and international operations. Before joining Baxter, Mr. Kraemer worked for Bank of America in corporate banking and for Northwest Industries in planning and business development. Mr. Kraemer is active in business, education and civic affairs and currently serves on the boards of directors of Science Applications International Corporation and of Sirona Dental Systems GmbH, and on the boards of trustees of Lawrence University and of Northwestern University. He is a vice chair of the Conference Board, and serves on the Evanston Northwestern Healthcare Board of Directors. He is a member of the Dean’s Advisory Board of Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management, the Advisory Board of LEK Consulting, the Business Council, the Commercial Club of Chicago, the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, the Executives Club of Chicago, and the Economics Club of Chicago. Mr. Kraemer earned a bachelor’s degree in mathematics from Lawrence University and a master of business administration from Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management in 1979.
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