Covidien An interview with Dierk Russell, EMEA HRIS Director, Covidien Company: Covidien Founded: 2007 Who we are: A global healthcare products company and manufacturer of medical devices and supplies Number of Employees: 38,000 Quick Facts ADP: How many employees do you have, spread over which locations? DR: Globally, Covidien has 38,000 staff and we operate as four regions – the US, EMEA, LATAM and APAC. The region for which I am responsible is EMEA, which has a headcount of 7,000 spread across 45 different locations. ADP: Can you describe how the business has expanded in recent years? DR: Covidien is a relatively new entity. It has existed under this name for only the last seven years. Before that we were known as Tyco Healthcare. Since then, we haven’t seen major organic gr

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