Walgreens CIO Hsiao Wang departs

Following on the heels of news last week that Walgreens Boots Alliance is reportedly considering Tim Wentworth as CEO, following the resignation on Sept. 1 of former CEO Rosalind Brewer, comes news that chief information officer Hsiao Wang has departed after just over a year on the job, according to a Bloomberg News report.

[Read more: Walgreens Boots Alliance’s Rosalind Brewer steps down as CEO]

In an internal note viewed by Bloomberg News, interim CEO Ginger Graham said Wang had been on a leave of absence but that effective immediately, he’s no longer with WBA.

Neal Sample, a consultant and former CIO at Northwestern Mutual, will step in to help Graham make decisions about new tech initiatives. Sample also will sit in on the executive committee, according to the note, per the report.