WellCare Hires Darren Ghanayem As New CIO As Company Pursues M&A Deals

Darren Ghanayem joined WellCare Health Plans Inc. as CIO, effective Monday, filling a position that has been vacant since March 2015. Mr. Ghanayem comes from rival health insurer Anthem Inc., where he served most recently as vice president of business transformation. He helped integrate several acquisitions and worked on talent management issues there. WellCare is actively pursuing acquisitions in a plan to double revenue by 2021, as Chief Executive Ken Burdick said in an earnings call in February. The company reported $13.9 billion in revenue for 2015.

This was reported by The Wall Street Journal on April 18, 2016 . . .