16 | INNOVISION MAGAZINE HANY MIKHAIEL B. Braun’s Corporate Vice President of Continuous Improvement and Central Services, Hany Mikhaiel, came to Kutztown University to not only share with students B. Braun’s achievements but also advice on becoming a good leader. This later portion of his presentation he labeled as “the most important part of today.” With twenty-five years working for B. Braun, Mikhaiel offered tips learned along his own journey and spoke to the next generation of KU students as potential leaders and fellow partners in the world of business. As Mikhaiel moved through the PowerPoint slides, we learned that B. Braun is one of the largest private medical-based companies in the world with 66,000 employees and a presence in sixty-four countries. The German pharmaceutical device company is the only manufacturer in their industry offering PVC-free equipment across the globe, producing up to 5,000 products and 120,000 artifacts annually. B. Braun commits itself to protecting and improving the health of people around the world through research and developing technology to reduce the risk of negative side-effects associated with materials containing PVC and phthalates (harmful plastics). Mikhaiel prefaced all these claims with, “I hope you or your family never have to be on the receiving end of some SUSTAINABILITY SERIES
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