In the spring of 2025, UnitedHealth Group named Wayne DeVeydt its new Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. For those familiar with his career across healthcare finance, insurance, operations, and private equity, the appointment felt less like a surprise and more like the continuation of a leadership trajectory shaped over decades inside some of the most influential organizations in American healthcare.
Over the course of his career, DeVeydt has served as a partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers, CFO of one of the nation’s largest health insurers, chief executive officer of a major healthcare services company, executive chairman, and managing director at one of the world’s leading private equity firms. Each role demanded a different leadership lens, from regulatory strategy and operational oversight to enterprise growth and long-term value creation. Collectively, they built a financial executive with an unusually broad understanding of how healthcare organizations operate at scale.
A Career Built Across Healthcare Finance
DeVeydt began building his reputation at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, where he rose to partner with a focus on managed care and the broader U.S. healthcare sector. Those years gave him exposure to a wide range of healthcare organizations and leadership models, allowing him to observe firsthand how financial discipline, operational alignment, and strategic decision-making shape long-term organizational performance.
He later joined Elevance Health, then known as Anthem, where he steadily advanced through several senior leadership positions. He served as chief of staff to the chairman and CEO, chief accounting officer, chief strategy officer, and eventually chief financial officer, a role he held for nearly a decade.
That period proved especially significant. Leading the finances of a national health insurer through evolving regulations, market shifts, and industry consolidation required not only technical expertise but also sustained strategic judgment. It was during these years that DeVeydt established himself as one of the most experienced financial leaders in the healthcare insurance sector.
Expanding from Finance into Enterprise Leadership
After his tenure at Anthem, DeVeydt became chief executive officer of Surgery Partners, expanding his responsibilities beyond finance into broader operational and organizational leadership. He later served as executive chairman from 2020 to 2025, helping guide the company through a period of continued growth and operational development.
At the same time, he joined Bain Capital as a managing director within the North America Private Equity Portfolio Group. The role placed him inside one of the most analytically demanding environments in global finance, where healthcare investments are evaluated through the lens of operational efficiency, scalability, and measurable performance outcomes.
That combination of insurer experience, executive operational leadership, and private equity discipline gave DeVeydt a uniquely comprehensive perspective on healthcare finance and enterprise strategy.
He earned his bachelor’s degree in accounting from the University of Missouri–St. Louis, who was later awarded an honorary Doctor of Human Letters in recognition of his professional accomplishments and community impact.
Leadership Beyond the Balance Sheet
While DeVeydt’s corporate accomplishments are extensive, his philanthropic work reveals another dimension of his leadership.
Together with his wife, Michele, an international adoption attorney, he co-founded the Global Orphan Foundation, an organization focused on supporting vulnerable children and orphan care initiatives around the world. Their work reflects a long-standing commitment to advocacy, family support, and humanitarian outreach.
In 2016, Wayne and Michele DeVeydt received the Modern Family Award from the Donaldson Adoption Institute in recognition of their commitment to adoption advocacy and child welfare initiatives.
His civic involvement has also included service with organizations such as the Boys & Girls Clubs of America, YMCA of Greater Indianapolis, the Children’s Museum of Indianapolis, and the Cancer Support Community, along with support for multiple arts and music-related charitable initiatives.
Guiding UnitedHealth Group into Its Next Era
What Wayne brings to UnitedHealth Group is the accumulated perspective of a career spent across nearly every major dimension of healthcare leadership: professional services, insurance finance, operational management, enterprise governance, and private equity strategy.
In an industry facing growing complexity around cost structures, regulatory oversight, consumer expectations, and long-term sustainability, the breadth of experience matters. His career has consistently placed him at the intersection of financial stewardship and organizational transformation, a combination that positions him to help guide one of the world’s largest healthcare enterprises through its next phase of growth and change.
