"Wayne Swanton has led our global operations team during a period of rapid change, including the acquisition of Forest Labs and Allergan, as well as the divestiture of our global generics business," stated Brent Saunders, chairman and CEO of Allergan. "Through all of those changes, Wayne's team has maintained high-quality standards, dramatically increased efficiency of our manufacturing operations and supply chain through operational excellence, improved on-time delivery of products to customers, provided increased value across Allergan through our procurement team while driving an industry leading environmental health and safety culture." Swanton previously served as senior vice president of global operations for Actavis plc, the name of the company prior to its February 2015 merger with Allergan.