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Home » Tricuspid repair firm 4Tech taps ex-Boston Scientific execs for CEO, CMO | Personnel Moves for Feb. 27, 2018

Tricuspid repair firm 4Tech taps ex-Boston Scientific execs for CEO, CMO | Personnel Moves for Feb. 27, 2018

February 27, 2018 By Brad Perriello

4Tech4Tech said last week that it named a pair of Boston Scientific (NYSE:BSX) veterans as its new CEO and CMO, with onetime chief Mike Ennen stepping away for “family reasons.”

Galway, Ireland-based 4Tech said former Boston transcatheter aortic valve GM Tom Fleming is slated to take the reins from Thoratec vet Ennen as president & CEO in March. The company, which is developing the TriClinch Coil transcatheter tricuspid valve repair device, also said that Dr. Keith Dawkins, Boston’s ex-global medical chief, was named CMO effective Feb. 22.

 Z-Medica lures ex-Hologic COO Compton
Z-Medica said it named former Hologic (NSDQ:HOLX) COO Eric Compton to be its new president & CEO, replacing Stephen Fanning, who is stepping down “to pursue a new career opportunity that will allow him to be closer to his family and home on the West Coast,” the hemostat company said.
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 Check-Cap promotes COO Ovadia to CEO
Check-Cap (NSDQ:CHEK) promoted Alex Ovadia from COO and R&D VP to CEO, succeeding Bill Densel, “who will provide support to complete a seamless transition,” the company said.
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 Invacare makes it official with interim CFO Leneghan
Invacare (NYSE:IVC) made it official with interim CFO Kathleen Leneghan, naming her SVP and finance chief effective Feb. 22. Leneghan took over last November, when former CFO Robert Gudbranson announced his retirement.
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 Imagion Biosystems names Bischoff as clinical VP
Imagion Biosystems (ASX:IBX) said it named Farideh Bischoff as VP of clinical research.
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 Limflow looks to Claret Medical, Medtronic vets for R&D, sales VPs
LimFlow said it appointed former Claret Medical QA & regulatory affairs VP Zachary Woodson as its own regulatory affairs VP and tapped medtech veteran Theo Mastrokostopoulos as sales & market development VP. The company also named ex-Mölnlycke Health CareCEO Pierre Guyot as chairman of the board.
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  • Teleflex gives ex-CEO Smith a $1m parting gift
  • CHF Solutions builds out commercial team
  • Medtech vet Papineau named regulatory affairs director at Imagin Medical
  • Ortho Sales Partners shuffles the sales deck

Filed Under: Replacement Heart Valves, Wall Street Beat Tagged With: 4Tech, Check-Cap, CHF Solutions Inc., imaginmedical, imagionbiosystems, Invacare, LimFlow, orthosalespartners, Personnel Moves, Teleflex

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