Eric Green confirmed as VP Tax for Tyco International

Tyco International has announced the executive team that will lead Tyco Healthcare as it prepares to become a separate, independently traded company.

Tyco Healthcare, one of Tyco International’s four major business segments, is a leading global manufacturer, distributor and servicer of medical devices, with sales of $9.6 billion in fiscal 2006. Its product portfolio includes disposable medical supplies, monitoring equipment, medical instruments and bulk analgesic pharmaceuticals, sold under well-known brand names such as Auto Suture, Kendall, Mallinckrodt, Nellcor, Puritan Bennett, Syneture, United States Surgical, Valleylab and others. Tyco Healthcare employs more than 40,000 people worldwide.

Eric C. Green, vice president of tax, is responsible for all aspects of tax and for leading Tyco Healthcare’s global tax organization, including the design and implementation of global tax policy and strategies and the creation of a tax department that identifies and implements best practices. Green joined Tyco Healthcare from Tyco International, where, as vice president of tax planning and analysis, he was responsible for global tax planning for acquisitions, dispositions, transfer pricing, internal and external financings, as well as non-U.S. audits and compliance. Prior to joining Tyco, Green, 48, worked at Accenture, AT&T and Lucent. He holds a bachelor’s degree from Georgetown University (Washington, D.C.) and a master of laws in tax and a juris doctor degree from Boston University School of Law (Mass.).