Jay Saccaro

James (Jay) Saccaro is Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer, at Zoetis, the world’s leading animal health company and a member of the Fortune 500. In this role, he leads the company’s global finance function, shaping capital allocation, financial strategy, reporting and controls, and investor engagement and, as Chief Operating Officer, oversees Global Manufacturing and Supply and Procurement to drive operational execution and performance. Mr. Saccaro is an accomplished executive with extensive leadership experience across global healthcare and life sciences organizations. 

Mr. Saccaro joined Zoetis in August 2026 after three years as Vice President and CFO at GE HealthCare, a leading global healthcare solutions provider, where he oversaw key initiatives for the newly established public company, including designing processes and approaches across finance, accounting, new product planning, R&D prioritization, and capital allocation, and overseeing the Information Technology function. 

Before GE HealthCare, he served as Executive Vice President and CFO at Baxter International Inc., a Fortune 300 global medtech leader, from 2015 to 2023, where he played a key role in leading the company’s post-spin transformation, margin improvement initiatives and capital structure optimization. Prior to rejoining Baxter, Mr. Saccaro was Senior Vice President and CFO at Hill-Rom Corporation in 2014. He had previously served as the Corporate Vice President and Treasurer of Baxter from 2011 to 2013. He originally joined Baxter in 2002 as manager of strategy for the BioScience business, and over the years assumed positions of increasing responsibility, including vice president of financial planning and vice president of finance for the company’s operations in Europe, Middle East and Africa. He began his career in strategic planning at The Walt Disney Company. 

Mr. Saccaro holds a bachelor’s degree in economics and a master’s degree in engineering-economic systems from Stanford University.