Kurt J. Hilzinger

Kurt J. Hilzinger was initially elected to the Board in July 2003, and was elected as Chairman of the Board effective January 1, 2014. Mr. Hilzinger served as Lead Director on Humana’s Board of Directors from August 2010 until his appointment as Chairman. Mr. Hilzinger is a Partner at Court Square Capital Partners, LP, an independent private equity firm, having held this position since November 2007. At Court Square Capital Partners, Mr. Hilzinger focuses principally on investments in the healthcare industry.

Prior to Court Square Capital Partners, Mr. Hilzinger was a Director of AmerisourceBergen Corporation from March 2004 to November 2007; having previously served as President and Chief Operating Officer of AmerisourceBergen Corporation from October 2002 to November 2007, and as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer from August 2001 to October 2002. 

As a distinguished financial executive and operator, Mr. Hilzinger led the recapitalization and initial public offering or Amerisource Health Corp. and the successful integration or Amerisource Health Corp. and Bergen Brunswig Corp. in the creation of AmerisourceBergen Corp. (now Cencora Corp.). In addition to his integration responsibilities, Mr. Hilzinger held enterprise-wide P&L responsibility while overseeing the integration of 30+ acquisitions and the transformation of the business model to fee or services. Mr. Hilzinger has significant government affairs experience interacting with the FTC, the FDA, and the DEA, and while serving as Chairman of the Healthcare Distribution Alliance (HDA). Mr. Hilzinger is a thought leader in the healthcare sector, with a successful career track record of investments in pharmaceutical services and commercialization. Mr. Hilzinger also serves on the Board of Directors of Outlook Therapeutics, Inc.

The Board believes that Mr. Hilzinger is a strong operating executive with a finance and strategic background, whose operational experience and financial expertise in the health care sector contributes valuable insight to the Board.