Torod B. Neptune is Senior Vice President & Chief Communications Officer at Medtronic, the world’s largest healthcare technology company with 100,000 employees in over 150 markets.
A member of the company’s Executive Committee, Torod directs the company’s corporate marketing, communications, philanthropy, and ‘business in society’ initiatives and oversees the Medtronic Foundation and Medtronic’s social business enterprise, Medtronic Labs, a global health systems innovator developing tech-enabled products and services that accelerate healthcare access and equity for underserved communities in developing countries.
Torod previously served as Worldwide Group Vice President and Global Chief Communications Officer with Hong Kong-based Lenovo.
Torod serves as a boards of director for the Medtronic Foundation, The LAGRANT Foundation (TLF), University of Southern California Annenberg School for Journalism and Communications, and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Hussmann School of Media and Journalism.
Torod earned an M.S. degree in Communications and Management from the S.I. Newhouse School at Syracuse University and a B.A. degree in Government and International Studies from the University of South Carolina.
