GPO Intel Research
Ed Jones joins RoundTable; of six GPO chief executives who left since 2015, none has returned to a GPO or a health system
September 20, 2026
Six GPO chief executives who left between 2015 and this year, and where each one went, from public records. None of the six has returned to a GPO or a health system. The three with a public next role went to private equity, public company boards, and government, then advisory work. Three have no public next role on record; for one of them, two LinkedIn-only items point to an AI startup and an advisory seat, neither confirmed outside LinkedIn.
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