August 19, 2026- Baxter International Inc. announced it has appointed John Rogers as executive vice president and chief financial officer (CFO), reporting to Baxter president and chief executive officer (CEO), Andrew Hider, effective Oct. 1, 2026. Rogers joins Baxter from Smith+Nephew plc, a portfolio medical technology business, where he has served as CFO since 2024 after beginning with the company as CFO-designate in 2023. Before Smith+Nephew, he served as CFO of WPP plc, a creative services company, where he led the company’s global transformation program.
Rogers previously held leadership roles with J Sainsbury plc, one of the UK’s leading food, general merchandise and clothing retailers, including as CEO of Sainsbury’s Argos, where he led a major digital transformation of its omnichannel business, and as CFO of Sainsbury’s. Rogers also brings public-company board experience, including as an independent director and audit committee chair of Grab Holdings Limited and previously of Travis Perkins plc. He earned a master’s degree in electrical engineering from Imperial College London, holds an MBA from INSEAD and completed the Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School.