Flavia Pease
Flavia Pease joined Charles River in 2022 as Corporate Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. In this role, Ms. Pease leads the Company’s global finance organization and is responsible for overseeing the Accounting, Tax, Treasury, Investor Relations, Internal Audit, Risk Management, and Procurement functions, as well as working closely with operational finance teams across the Company’s global businesses.
Prior to joining Charles River, Ms. Pease served as Vice President and Group Chief Financial Officer of Johnson & Johnson’s global Medical Devices businesses since 2019. With more than 20 years in financial leadership roles at Johnson & Johnson, Ms. Pease has developed deep industry knowledge and experience managing the Finance organizations of large, growing businesses.
During her tenure, Ms. Pease was also Vice President, Finance for Janssen North America from 2016 to 2019, which is Johnson & Johnson’s Pharmaceutical business in the United States and Canada. Before Janssen, from 2014 to 2016, Ms. Pease was Vice President of the Enterprise Program Management Office, responsible for supporting Johnson & Johnson’s executive management team with the strategic planning process and the advancement of enterprise growth initiatives. From 2009 to 2012, she led the integration of the Mentor and Acclarent acquisitions as a Vice President of Finance, and subsequently became the Vice President of Finance for Janssen Supply Chain from 2012 to 2014. Ms. Pease began her career at Johnson & Johnson in 1998 with the LifeScan business and subsequently held finance leadership positions within Mergers and Acquisitions Analysis and Johnson & Johnson Medical Brazil. Prior to joining Johnson & Johnson, Ms. Pease worked for SC Johnson and an investment bank in Brazil.
Ms. Pease holds a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from the Pontifícia Universidade Católica in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and a Master of Business Administration from Santa Clara University.