José E. Almeida is a businessperson who has been at the head of 6 different companies and is Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer at Baxter International, Inc. and Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer at Baxter Healthcare Ltd. (United Kingdom) and President at Baxter Healthcare Corp. (both are subsidiaries of Baxter International, Inc.). Mr. Almeida is also Member of The Business Roundtable and on the board of 5 other companies.

In his past career Mr. Almeida was Chief Operating Officer & Executive Vice President of Integer Holdings Corp., Engineering Manager-Professional Products Division at Johnson & Johnson, Manufacturing Director at Acufex Microsurgical, Inc., President-Worldwide Medical Device Business at Tyco Healthcare (Illinois), Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer for Covidien Ltd., President at Covidien LP, Senior Vice President & President-Medical Supplies at Covidien New Zealand Ltd. and Chairman at Advanced Medical Technology Association.

He received an undergraduate degree from Instituto Mauá de Tecnologia.