Batesville Holdings, Inc., Appoints Doug Wilson Senior Vice President Human...( BATESVILLE Ind. March 27 /- Bates...),Health

BATESVILLE, Ind., March 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Batesville Holdings, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Hillenbrand Industries, Inc. (NYSE: HB), representing the present Batesville Casket Company's funeral services division, today announced the appointment of Doug Wilson as Senior Vice President Human Resources. He will assume all responsibilities for developing and leading the human resources function for the new stand alone public company. Batesville Holdings, Inc., will be officially renamed Hillenbrand, Inc. (NYSE: HI), on March 31, 2008 after the official separation of Hillenbrand Industries' funeral services and medical technologies businesses.

Wilson brings nearly 27 years of public company human resources management experience to the new Hillenbrand, Inc. Most recently, he served as Vice President Worldwide Merger Integration for Boston Scientific Corporation. He was named to this role at the close of the merger between Boston Scientific and Guidant Corporation in 2006. Prior to the merger, he served as Guidant's Vice President Human Resources and Chief People Officer. Before joining Guidant, Wilson was a principal and president of Ronald Blue & Co., a privately held firm providing financial planning, investment management, tax planning and philanthropic counsel. Wilson began his career with Eli Lilly and Company, where he spent 20 years in a variety of increasingly senior executive human resources roles spanning multiple business and global geographic units.

Wilson holds a Bachelor of Science a
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