William L. Brower, Jr., CMA, CFM
Chair-Emeritus

William "Bill" Brower, Jr., CMA, CFM, is Chair Emeritus of the Institute of Management Accountants (IMAŽ). Since obtaining his Certified Management Accountant (CMAŽ) credential in 1985, he has been an active member of IMA, serving terms as a member of the IMA National Board of Directors, Chair of the Education Committee, and member of the Strategic Planning Committee. Bill also served on the Board of Regents of the Institute of Certified Management Accountants (ICMA). He was also a Trustee of the Foundation for Applied Research and a governor of the SCMS.

In 2006, Bill retired from Johnson & Johnson after 39 years and was serving at Vice President, Group Finance, Business Analysis, and had recently overseen the finance transition planning for the merger of Guidant. Prior this role, he was Vice President of Finance, Group Finance overseeing the Consumer Pharmaceutical, Nutritional Products, Specialty Pharmaceutical, Women's Health, and Urology franchises. Earlier he was Chief Financial Officer and member of the Board of McNeil Consumer & Specialty Pharmaceuticals and was Vice President, Finance and member of the Board for McNeil Pharmaceutical. He has held financial management positions at McNeil Laboratories and the Johnson & Johnson domestic Operating Company. As CFO of the McNeil Companies, he also had responsibility for Information Technology. Actively involved in Licensing and Acquisitions, he has been instrumental in leading numerous successful product additions to the Johnson & Johnson portfolio.

Bill has been an avid proponent of the development of financial talent and the promotion of the CMA credential within Johnson & Johnson. In 2005 approximately, one-third of the J&J operating company CFOs in the U.S. had worked for him at McNeil.

Bill received an MBA degree and a BA degree in mathematics from Lehigh University prior to joining Johnson & Johnson in 1967. He also served as an officer on active duty in the U.S. Army for two years.

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