Covetrus announced the appointments of Matt Yordy as President, Covetrus North America, who will be responsible for helping to grow the company's footprint across the region, and Scot Gillespie as Chief Technology Officer within the company's Global Technology Solutions group. Gillespie will lead advancement of the company's innovative technology products and solutions for veterinarians and their practices. Yordy, a healthcare industry veteran with more than 25 years of experience, joins Covetrus from McKesson where he was president, strategic accounts, and senior vice president, U.S. operating strategy.

He also led business development efforts for McKesson's three U.S. business units, namely pharmaceutical solutions, prescription technologies and medical surgical solutions. He will report to Benjamin Wolin, president and CEO of Covetrus, and become part of the company's executive management team. Gillespie, who has more than 25 years of experience in the technology industry, joins Covetrus from Salesforce where he served as executive vice president and general manager of the company's commerce cloud business. Throughout his career, Gillespie has developed and executed leading edge solutions across multiple lines of businesses and technical platforms. Gillespie will report to Georgia Wraight, executive vice president and president of Covetrus GTS.

Earlier in his career Yordy was senior vice president of external operations at Prime Therapeutics and a consultant at Towers Perrin. Prior to his role at Saleforce, Gillespie was Chief Technology Officer and general manager at Arc XP, a global turnkey, fully hosted digital experience and eCommerce SaaS platform engineered to meet the demands of enterprise brands, media, entertainment, and retailers. Other positions held by Gillespie include vice president, Enterprise Engineering at Grainger and divisional vice president, eCommerce Engineering at Sears Holding. Yordy has bachelor's degree in economics and finance from Creighton University, a Master of Business Administration degree from Queens University of Charlotte (N.C.), and an executive education certificate in mergers and acquisitions from the Wharton School.

Gillespie has a bachelor's degree in management information systems from National Louis University in Chicago and a Master of Business Administration degree from Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management.