LivaNova PLC announced that Damien McDonald has resigned as Chief Executive Officer. Effective immediately, Chair of the Board William A. Kozy is appointed interim CEO to help the executive leadership team maintain the focus on growth and profitability. The Board has retained a leading international executive search firm to assist with the CEO search.

Kozy will continue as Chair of LivaNova's Board of Directors. McDonald will remain available to assist with handover activities until the end of May 2023. Mr. Kozy, 71, brings a depth of corporate leadership experience in the areas of innovation systems, operations, manufacturing and ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) implementation as well as broad and relevant experience in global strategy, mergers and acquisitions, technology and product development.

Mr. Kozy retired from Becton, Dickinson and Company (BD) in 2016 where he served as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer from 2011 to 2016. At BD, he also served as a member of the corporate Leadership Team and in various executive roles since 1988, including head of BD Medical (2009 to 2011), President of the BD Biosciences segment (2006 to 2009), President of BD Diagnostics (2002 to 2006) and Senior Vice President of Company Operations (1998 to 2002). Mr. Kozy has served on the Company's Board of Directors since 2018 and has been the Chair of the Board since 2021.

He also is the Vice Chair and Lead Director at The Cooper Companies where he has served as a director since 2016. Mr. Kozy holds a B.A. from Kenyon College.