Lea Knight

EVP and Chief Financial Officer at Integra LifeSciences

Speaker

Lea Knight is the executive vice president and chief financial officer, responsible for overseeing accounting and financial reporting, budgeting, internal audit, tax, treasury, investor relations and information systems. Lea has more than 30 years of experience in global companies with significant operating scale and complexity, leading and developing high-performing teams, and demonstrating success in combining financial acumen and business process leadership with strategic vision to deliver strong business outcomes across the organizations she supported. Prior to joining Integra in June 2023, Lea served as the executive vice president of business finance for Booz Allen Hamilton, where she was responsible for providing strategic and financial leadership to their business sectors. Prior to her role at Booz Allen Hamilton, Lea was the chief financial officer of Johnson and Johnson’s North America pharmaceuticals business. Lea started her career in public accounting at Arthur Andersen LLP where she managed audit engagements and helped to stand-up the firm’s Healthcare Consulting and Mergers & Acquisitions practices for the Philadelphia office. Lea is a member of the board of trustees for Jefferson Abington Hospital in Abington, Pa. where she serves as the vice chair of the compliance committee. She is also a member of the Philadelphia Forum of Executive Women and a former member and chair of the board of directors for the Public Interest Law Center. Lea has an undergraduate degree in accounting from the University of Virginia and holds an MBA in finance and strategic management from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. She is a certified public accountant licensed in Pennsylvania.