Michael Schlesinger Email Address

Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

Ortho Clinical Diagnostics is a global leader of in vitro diagnostics serving the global clinical laboratory and immunohematology communities. Across hospitals, hospital networks, blood banks, and labs in more than 120 countries, Ortho's high-quality products and services enable health care professionals to make better-informed treatment decisions. For the immunohematology community, Ortho's blood typing products help ensure every patient receives blood that is safe, the right type and the right unit. Ortho brings sophisticated testing technologies, automation, information management and interpretation tools to clinical laboratories around the world to help them run more efficiently and effectively and improve patient care. Ortho's purpose is to improve and save lives with diagnostics, and it does that by reimagining what's possible. This is what has defined Ortho for more than 75 years, and it's what drives Ortho forward.

Company’s senior legal counsel Corporate Secretary for Company’s Board of Directors Member, Global Leadership Team, Disclosure Committee, Security Governance Committee, Global Compliance Committee Member, Boards of Directors of numerous domestic and foreign Company subsidiaries Built and led award-winning 27 member Global Legal and Compliance team with responsibility for all legal, compliance and privacy matters affecting the Company, including corporate governance and ESG, complex contracts and transactions, M&A and partnerships, capital markets and securities law compliance, workplace, intellectual property, litigation, anti-corruption, competition, healthcare compliance, data security and privacy regulation Trusted advisor to the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer and senior management Led legal and compliance support of business combination transaction with Quidel Corporation (2022) Led legal and compliance support of Initial Public Offering on Nasdaq (2021) Led legal and compliance support of complex carve out from J&J and stand up of business as stand-alone enterprise Led legal and compliance support of large and growing business in Greater China as part of global responsibilities Engaged and managed outside legal counsel and advisors Developed and managed annual department budget Led corporate government affairs effort in connection with COVID-19 response