Tunde Sotunde

Tunde Sotunde, MD, is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina. Dr. Sotunde has held leadership roles as a physician, educator and health plan executive, building an accomplished record of implementing innovative health care delivery models and improving quality of care. Previously, he served as the president overseeing Anthem’s Medicaid and related state government business across 23 states and the District of Columbia. A pediatrician, he has served in chief medical officer and other leadership roles in payer and provider organizations at key divisions of Cigna, UnitedHealthcare and Solera Capital. Dr. Sotunde is a graduate of University of Ibadan College of Medicine in Nigeria and Howard University’s Hospital Residency Program in Pediatrics. He completed his Executive MBA at the University of Memphis and completed a Health Care Management Executive course at the Wharton School of Business.