Walmart Inc. on Wednesday announced it has created the new legal position of senior vice president and general counsel for health and wellness. The company named Jeanine Jiganti, an experienced health care lawyer, to the post.
Jiganti, who will report to company general counsel Karen Roberts, begins the new job June 3. She joins Walmart at a time when health care lawyers are in huge demand across the United States.
In a memo to Walmart associates, Roberts wrote, “As we look to grow and improve our health and wellness services, Jeanine’s knowledge and background in the health care industry will be invaluable in this newly created role.”
Jiganti joins Walmart from DaVita, Inc., a large health care company where she was senior vice president and chief compliance officer from 2012-18. She starts at Walmart on June 3.
Jiganti has been a compliance consultant for one year, and an independent board member at Kindred Healthcare, in Louisville, Ky., which owns long-term care hospitals and hospital rehabilitation facilities and contract rehabilitation services.
She also was chief compliance officer for Takeda Pharmaceuticals from 2005-12, and general counsel for Near North Insurance Brokerage for one year, between 2002-03, according to her LinkedIn profile.
