Tim Noel is the new UnitedHealthcare CEO following the Dec. 4 targeted killing of its former top executive, Brian Thompson, in Manhattan, reports say.

Last month’s assassination of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson sparked a new wave of anxiety for corporate leaders, prompting many executives to think twice about their safety and reevaluate their existing security protocols.

Company veteran Tim Noel will take the position after Thompson was fatally gunned down in New York street in December