Philips Appoints New SVP of Sleep Business

MURRYSVILLE, Pa. — Royal Philips Electronics has appointed Eoghan
O’Lionaird to lead its Home Healthcare Solutions’ Sleep business as
senior vice president and general manager, effective
immediately.

O’Lionaird joins the Home Healthcare Solutions group following
his tenure as senior vice president and general manager of Imaging
Systems Components. Since joining Philips in 2000, he has served in
senior management positions across the organization, including
strategy and business development manager and subsequently,
business unit manager of Imaging Solutions in Philips Components;
General Manager of Philips Lighting in Japan; and General Manager
of the Magnetic Resonance business unit in Healthcare.

“Eoghan’s global, multidisciplinary experience, extensive health
care knowledge and history with Philips make him extremely well
suited to lead our global sleep business,” said Don Spence, CEO,
Philips Home Healthcare Solutions. “I am confident that he will
continue to drive the business forward and retain our focus on the
needs of our customers and the patients they serve.”

Prior to Philips, O’Lionaird held engineering, marketing and
general management positions for Mitsui Kinzoku in Japan, United
States and Thailand.