LOS ANGELES, Calif. – August 16, 2007 – Morgan Samuels Company, a leading national management consulting firm specializing in executive recruitment, today announced the placement of John Ledek as vice president, medical surgical systems at Becton, Dickinson and Company. Becton, Dickinson and Company is a global medical technology company that is focused on improving drug therapy, enhancing the diagnosis of infectious diseases and advancing drug discovery.

Ledek had most recently been the vice president and general manager, global respiratory division at Invacare Corporation. Ledek received his MBA in Marketing and Finance from Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration in Boston, Massachusetts, and his BS in Engineering Management from United States Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado.