Robert B. Hance
President, Abbott Vascular

Senior Vice President, Abbott

Robert Hance is president of Abbott Vascular, a division of Abbott based in Santa Clara, California. Previously Hance served as president of Abbott's diabetes care business from 2007 to 2008. Hance started in the interventional cardiology field in 2002 as head of Perclose and led Abbott's Vascular Devices division until 2006 where he oversaw the development and launch of several key new cardiovascular technologies.

Hance joined Abbott in 1989 in sales for Abbott's diagnostics division, and held a number of marketing and commercial management positions, including vice president for the Europe, Africa and the Middle East regions. Prior to joining Abbott, Hance was an associate fellow at Harvard Business School and a product development engineer at Proctor and Gamble. He earned a bachelor's degree in chemical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a master's degree in business administration from Harvard Business School.