Mr Swedish is the former Chairman, President and CEO of Anthem, Inc, (currently Elevance Health) a Fortune 22 company and the health benefits provider. He served as the Chairman, President and CEO from 2013 to 2018. Subsequently he served as a Strategic Advisor from 2018 to 2020. During his tenure Anthem's membership grew by four million, or 11 percent, the average share price nearly quadrupled, and operating revenue increased 39 percent to over $89 billion. Core strategic imperatives included improving medical costs, working with physicians and health care organizations to improve quality and access, and improving the consumer experience. As a business executive, conservationist, and philanthropist, Joe serves on the board of directors for Centrexion Therapeutics, Accelus and Navitus Health Solutions. Most recently, he served on the board of directors for IBM, as chairman of America's Health Insurance Plans (AHIP), and chairman of the Catholic Health Association. He currently serves as a board member for The Nature Conservancy (Colorado). He has also held board and advisory positions with American Hospital Association, Coventry Health Care, Inc., RehabCare Group, Inc., Cross Country, National Quality Forum, the National Center for Healthcare Leadership, and Loyola University Chicago. He is also a member and past chairman of Duke University's Fuqua School of Business Board of Visitors. Prior to joining Anthem, Joe served as CEO for several integrated health care delivery systems, including president and CEO of Trinity Health, an 18-state integrated health care delivery system. He also held CEO and senior leadership positions with the Hospital Corporation of America, Colorado's Centura Health, and integrated health systems in Florida, Virginia, and the Carolinas. In 2018, he continued to apply his expertise leveraging his health care experience as co-founder of Concord Health Partners, a private equity firm investing in data analytics, provider enablement services and consumer engagement enterprises. He is now Partner Emeritus having recently departed active status. Other current directorships of listed public companies: Non-Executive Director, IBM Corporation (since 2017), Non-Executive Director, CDW Corporation (since 2015). He is member of Risk Committee.
