Rich Tremonte is Executive Vice President and President, Global Specialty Pharmaceuticals and Operations for Cencora, Inc., and a longstanding member of the company’s Enterprise Leadership Team. He leads a globally connected portfolio that supports Cencora across the entire value chain.
The Global Specialty Pharmaceuticals & Operations organization includes specialty distribution, GPO contracting and member services, analytics, practice management, and clinical research. The portfolio also supports global clinical trial logistics and pharmaceutical services, including pharmacovigilance and market access support, as well as the full breadth of Cencora’s distribution platform, including U.S. full-line and specialty operations, animal health distribution, and global third-party logistics.
In addition, Rich oversees Cencora’s Strategic Global Sourcing and Policy Economics team which supports Cencora’s U.S. human and animal health teams and customers. His organization also includes the Business Transformation Office and Customer Success and Enablement teams, which handle customer operations and transformational digital and customer experience initiatives.
With more than 25 years of experience across the pharmaceutical supply chain industry, Rich has held several senior leadership roles at Cencora. Rich has led Cencora’s commercial sales teams in the U.S., including community and large retail pharmacy, health systems, specialty providers and GPO services, and animal health. He has also held leadership roles within Cencora’s strategic global sourcing team. Prior to Cencora, he held key positions at Sandoz and Teva Pharmaceuticals, managing teams across sales, marketing, operations, and supply chain.
Rich is deeply engaged in industry and community leadership. He serves on the board of directors for the Healthcare Distribution Alliance and on their executive committee. He is a board member of Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation, focused on finding a cure for pediatric cancer, and a sustaining board member of the Greater Delaware Valley Chapter of Breakthrough T1D. Within Cencora, he serves on the Cencora Impact Foundation board and the Cencora Corporate Responsibility Council.
Rich holds a bachelor's degree in business logistics and supply chain from Pennsylvania State University, an MBA from Temple University, and a post-MBA certificate in basic pharmaceutical development from the Temple School of Pharmacy. He is a graduate of Wharton's Advanced Management Program at the University of Pennsylvania.