Tim Wicks was at UnitedHealth Group (UNH) until his retirement in 2021. During his nearly 20 years at the company he held a broad range of executive leadership positions, including executive oversight for Optum Financial (the largest healthcare-focused bank and financial services firm in the US with over $15B in assets), chief financial officer of Optum ($120B+ revenue), head of supply chain, then president and chief executive officer of OptumRx ($60B+ revenue), and various leadership roles in operations, product management, business development and strategic relationships at both UnitedHealthcare and Optum. Tim was also a board member of Optum360, Optum’s joint venture in Revenue Cycle Management with external partners CommonSpirit and Northwell.
Previously, Tim was chief financial officer, and president and chief operating officer of Yellow Corp ($5B revenue), the holding company for trucking carriers YRC Freight, New Penn, Holland and Reddaway, and freight brokerage HNRY Logistics. He has held executive positions at Dell Technologies, Bain & Company, and Northwest Airlines. In addition, Tim co-founded a registered investment advisory firm that developed quantitative investment strategies for institutional clients.
Tim has served on the boards of four public companies: BrightSpring Health, Precision Castparts Corp (sold to Berkshire Hathaway for $37B), Aerojet Rocketdyne, and Pear Therapeutics. He served on the finance and audit committees of each company and is an SEC Financial Expert; he also serves on the compensation committee of BrightSpring.
Tim serves on the board of directors, and chairs the advisory board of MOBE, a privately held company, and he also is actively engaged supporting the growth of several private companies. Tim serves as an Advisor to the CEO of Hope for the Child, a not-for-profit that has provided early primary education and welfare for over 7000 highly needy children in Kenya.
Tim earned a BA in economics, with honors, from the University of Chicago and an MBA from Harvard University’s Graduate School of Business.