Diplomat Pharmacy, Inc. announced that its Board of Directors has appointed Brian Griffin, Executive Vice President and CEO of IngenioRx, the pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) of Anthem, Inc. as Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors, effective June 4, 2018. As Executive Vice President and CEO for IngenioRx, a role he assumed in March 2018, Mr. Griffin is responsible for building the IngenioRx organization, which will begin offering a full suite of PBM solutions starting in 2020. For the three years prior, Mr. Griffin served as Executive Vice President and President of Anthem's Commercial and Specialty Business Division.

He joined Anthem in 2013 as President and CEO of the company's affiliated health plan, Empire BlueCross BlueShield, a role he held for two years. Interim CEO of Diplomat until Mr. Griffin's appointment is effective. With Mr. Griffin's appointment, the Diplomat Board will expand to eight members.

At that time, Mr. Wolin will resume his role and responsibilities as independent Lead Director as outlined in Diplomat's Corporate Governance Guidelines.