West Pharmaceutical Services has appointed David Montecalvo senior vice president, global operations and supply chain. Mr. Montecalvo will serve on the senior leadership team and will oversee the company’s global operations function.

Mr. Montecalvo joins West from Medtronic, where he served in a number of senior leadership roles, including vice president, contract manufacturing operations, for the company’s Restorative Therapies Group, a $7 billion group of businesses; and vice president, business operations integration, where he was responsible for directing and leading the global operations integration of Covidien into Medtronic. With 30 years of experience in the medical device and life science industry, Mr. Montecalvo has also held senior operations and product development roles at Urologix and Lectec Corporation.

“David Montecalvo brings a wealth of expertise in global operations, business integration and product development,” said Eric Green, president and chief executive officer, West. “As we continue to make significant progress in achieving the operational excellence objectives outlined in our long-term business strategy, including our margin expansion targets, we intend to leverage David’s experience to continue this progress. He shares West’s priorities of safety, quality and operational excellence and will be a valuable addition to West’s leadership team, as we work to execute our strategy to be the world leader in the integrated containment and delivery of injectable medicines.”