St. Louis-based Ascension named Saurabh Tripathi executive vice president and CFO on April 29 to succeed Liz Foshage, who is retiring in September.
Here are four things to know about Ascension's new finance chief, who will serve as co-CFO with Ms. Foshage through September:
1. Starting in March 2023, Mr. Tripathi served as a managing partner at ST Ventures & Investments, a venture capital firm focused on providing seed capital funding to early-stage startups and financial expertise.
2. From March 2019 to February 2023, Mr. Tripathi served as executive vice president and CFO at Pittsburgh-based Highmark Health.
3. Before joining Highmark, he served as senior vice president and CFO of Fresenius Kidney Care, a dialysis services organization.
4. Mr. Tripathi held multiple executive positions at GE HealthCare, including as head of global financial planning and analysis and CFO of the global surgery business.