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Abigail Epane-Osuala

Chief Culture & Belonging Officer, HR Strategy; President, GE HealthCare Foundation
GE HealthCare

Abigail Epane-Osuala is Chief Culture & Belonging Officer, HR Strategy, GE HealthCare, and President, GE HealthCare Foundation. 

 Her role as Chief Culture & Belonging Officer promotes an inclusive, people-first environment where we can benefit from the brilliance, experience, and contributions of all our team members.

Abigail’s more than 20-year career in HR includes a breadth of executive leadership experiences across various industries with a focus on diversity and inclusion throughout. Before joining GE HealthCare, Abby was the Head of HR for Global Supply Chain, Enterprise Functions, and Procurement at Johnson & Johnson. Prior to that, she spent eight years at Integra LifeSciences, where she was the Vice President of HR, supporting a number of businesses, and the Head of Diversity & Inclusion.

Abigail is Six Sigma Black Belt certified and earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Management from Seton Hall University, South Orange, New Jersey, and her MBA from Farleigh Dickenson University, Madison, New Jersey. In 2016 was recognized as “A Woman to Watch” by Diversity Journal; in December 2017, was featured in American Healthcare Leader magazine on the topic of seeing the value of diversity in the workplace; in 2024 was featured as one of Modern Healthcare’s Diversity Leaders in Healthcare; and in 2025 was recognized as a finalist for World 50 Group’s I&D Leader of the Year.

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