J&J Picks ESG Veteran as Legal Chief of Consumer Health Company

Johnson & Johnson veteran Matthew Orlando will be legal chief of the consumer business the company plans to spin out next year, the health care conglomerate disclosed Tuesday.

Orlando has spent more than 15 years at the company, serving since 2019 as corporate secretary and worldwide vice president of corporate governance, a position that put him in charge of environmental, social, and governance initiatives.

He will become general counsel of a standalone consumer health business plagued by lawsuits in recent years, including those over baby powder products containing talc that some blame for causing cancer.

New Brunswick, NJ-based J&J ...