Cigna Corporation announced several new leadership roles and positions to drive accelerated growth across its diverse business portfolio. Eric Palmer has been named president and chief executive officer of Evernorth, effective January 1, 2022. In this role, Palmer will have oversight of Evernorth's pharmacy solutions, care coordination and delivery, benefits management, and intelligence businesses. Since his appointment as president and chief operating officer in January 2021, Evernorth has delivered on its strategy and experienced meaningful growth, fueled by its recent expansion of services, partnership with Prime Therapeutics, and recent acquisition of the leading virtual health company, MDLIVE. Paul Sanford has been named executive vice president, operations of Cigna Corporation. In this newly-created role, Sanford will join the enterprise leadership team overseeing customer service operations, health care provider services, and overall operational effectiveness. Sanford has been with Cigna for more than 20 years and has led several of the company's largest-scale initiatives, including the integration of Cigna and Express Scripts and the company's accelerated transition to its Agile-based business model. Noelle Eder's Role Expands to Oversee Global Data, Analytics, and Automation as Executive Vice President and Global Chief Information Officer, Cigna Corporation. Noelle Eder is assuming an expanded leadership role overseeing global data and analytics and automation functions, in addition to her current responsibilities as global chief information officer. Everett Neville's Role Expands to Executive Vice President, Strategy, Corporate Development and Solutions, Cigna Corporation: Everrett Neville is taking an expanded leadership role as executive vice president of strategy, corporate development and solutions. Aparna Abburi and Lisa Lough to Continue Leadership of U.S. Government Business, Cigna Corporation: Aparna Abburi, president of Medicare, Cigna Corporation, and Lisa Lough, vice president of Individual and Family Plans, Cigna Corporation, will continue to lead the growth of Cigna's U.S. Government business. Tim Wentworth, CEO of Evernorth, Matt Manders, President, Government and Solutions, Cigna Corporation, and Dr. Steve Miller, Chief Clinical Officer, Cigna Corporation, to Retire: Current enterprise leadership team members Tim Wentworth, chief executive officer, Evernorth; Matt Manders, president, government and solutions, Cigna Corporation; and Dr. Steve Miller, chief clinical officer, Cigna Corporation are set to retire by the end of 2021.