Leadership

Bob Mauch is the Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Cencora, Inc. In this role, he leads all of Cencora’s domestic and international business units. Bob is focused on building innovative solutions that advance the delivery of pharmaceutical care, creating a best-in-class customer and partner experience, and ensuring access to life-saving pharmaceutical care for patients globally. 

Bob began his more than 30-year career in pharmaceutical care as the founder of Xcenda (formerly Applied Health Outcomes) which provides health economics as well as strategic and reimbursement consulting to pharmaceutical companies. Bob joined Cencora (formerly AmerisourceBergen) in 2007 when the company acquired Xcenda. 

Since joining the company, Bob is credited with leading the company’s transformation to a united, global provider of pharmaceutical-centered healthcare solutions, driving the company’s continued digital and commercial transformations, developing and implementing an industry-shaping pricing strategy, and implementing strategies to expand operations globally.

As part of his commitment to ensuring the company fosters an environment of inclusion, Bob is the Chair of the company’s Global DEI Council and Executive Sponsor of the Executive Leadership Initiative, a program to support the development of leaders from underrepresented groups within the business. Additionally, he serves as Chairman of the board of directors for the Covenant House of Pennsylvania, the immediate past chair of the Healthcare Distribution Alliance, and is a member of the International Society of Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research Society, American Society of Managed Care Pharmacy, and the American Pharmacists Association.

Bob received his Pharm.D. from Mercer University and his Ph.D. in pharmaceutical science from the University of South Carolina where he pursued a focus in health economics and outcomes research.