Artivion, Inc. announced the appointment of Lance A. Berry as the Company's Chief Financial Officer, effective as of December 4, 2023. In this role, Mr. Berry joins Artivion's executive leadership team and replaces Mr. D. Ashley Lee, who will retire at the end of the year after a successful and long tenure with the Company and a distinguished career in the medical device industry. Mr. Berry, 51, most recently served from January 2019 until November 2020 as the Executive Vice President, Chief Financial and Operations Officer of Wright Medical Group N.V. ("Wright"), until Wright was acquired by Stryker in November 2020.

Before that, Mr. Berry served as the Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer for Wright from 2009 to 2018, successfully spear-heading its merger with Tornier N.V. Additionally, Mr. Berry served as Wright's Vice President, Corporate Controller from 2002-2009. Mr. Berry also currently serves on the Boards of two public companies, Treace Medical Concepts, Inc. and Vapotherm. Throughout his eleven years as the Chief Financial Officer and a senior executive at Wright, working with Wright's Board and Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Berry led the Company's strategic transformation and execution to drive shareholder value and cultivated an extensive background in, among other areas, strategy, M&A, financing, business development, digital strategy and investor relations.

Mr. Lee, 59, who has served as the Company's Chief Financial Officer since 2004, will retire after a transitional period. Mr. Lee, a proven leader and a winner of Georgia BioTech's CFO of the Year award in 2018, has decades of medical device experience. He helped lead the Company's efforts that resulted in a more than doubling of the Company's size since 2015.

Mr. Lee will remain with Artivion in an advisory capacity to ensure a seamless transition. Mr. Berry officially began his role as Chief Financial Officer on December 4, 2023.