Nov 6 (Reuters) - Cardinal Health Inc
* Cardinal Health Inc outlines leadership succession plan
* Cardinal Health Inc - Jorge Gomez, CFO of Cardinal Health’s medical segment, to succeed Kaufmann as chief financial officer
* Cardinal Health Inc - Mike Kaufmann named chief executive officer, effective January 1, 2018
* Cardinal Health Inc - George Barrett continues as executive chairman of board through november 2018 annual meeting of shareholders
* Cardinal Health Inc - Kaufmann will succeed George Barrett
* Cardinal Health Inc - Gregory Kenny, Cardinal Health’s lead independent director, will assume role of non-executive chairman Source text for Eikon: Further company coverage: