Medartis Holding AG has appointed Dirk Kirsten as new Chief Financial Officer and Member of the Executive Management Board. He will join Medartis as of 1 march 2021 and will succeed Dominique Leutwyler, who has decided to leave. In his future role as CFO and Member of the Executive Management Board of Medartis, Dirk Kirsten will be responsible for all matters of internal and external group financial management, as well as for the group's M&A projects, thus actively supporting further growth and envisaged portfolio expansions.
Medartis Holding AG is a Switzerland-based holding company of the Medartis Group, which is engaged in manufacturing medical devices and implants. The Group develops, manufactures and distributes to surgeons, hospitals and medical centers titanium screws, plates, surgical instruments and system solutions for internal fracture fixation. Medartis AG, the Company's wholly-owned subsidiary, has developed such technologies as TriLock for locking the screw into the plate, SpeedTip, a screw that does not require pre-drilling, and HexaDrive self-holding screw and screw-driver. It has two product lines. The APTUS product line comprises upper and lower extremities products for hand, wrist, elbow, shoulder and foot fixation. The MODUS line combines products dedicated to cranio-maxillofacial (CMF) surgery. The Group's products are sold globally in more than 30 countries, including Germany and the United States, either directly through its sales subsidiaries, or through third-party distributors.