EW - Leadership updates

Edwards Lifesciences (NYSE:EW) today announced the appointment of Theodora ("Doretta") Mistras as the company's corporate vice president and chief financial officer (CFO), effective at the end of May. Mistras will succeed Scott Ullem, who announced in October his planned transition from the CFO role. Mistras joins Edwards from Viatris, where she has served as CFO since March 2024, leading the company's global finance organization and overseeing financial planning, reporting and operational finance across a complex, global business. Prior to Viatris, she was a managing director in healthcare investment banking at Citigroup Global Markets, and earlier in her career held senior leadership ro

Edwards Lifesciences (NYSE:EW) today announced that Scott Ullem, the company's chief financial officer, has decided to transition from his role by midyear 2026. While the company initiates a selection process to appoint a new CFO, this planned transition will enable continuity and a smooth transfer of responsibilities. Following the appointment of a new CFO, Ullem will continue in an advisory role. About Edwards Lifesciences Edwards Lifesciences is the leading global structural heart innovation company, driven by a passion to improve patient lives. Through breakthrough technologies, world-class evidence and partnerships with clinicians and healthcare stakeholders, our employees are insp

SHANGHAI, Aug. 25, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Pulnovo Medical, a global leader in mechanism-driven therapies for Pulmonary Hypertension (PH) and Heart Failure (HF), today announced the appointment of Francis Duhay, MD, MBA, FACS as Global Chief Medical Officer. Dr. Duhay, a board-certified General and Cardiothoracic Surgeon, brings over 25 years of experience in clinical medicine, medical device innovation, and executive leadership. As former Chief Medical Officer at Edwards Lifesciences (NYSE:EW), he played a decisive role in the development, clinical validation, and worldwide adoption of Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR)—a transformative therapy now recognized as one of the most suc

Intuitive Ventures today announced the appointment of Terri Burke, former head medtech investments at Epidarex Capital and a seasoned operator, as Senior Partner and Dr. Ross Jaffe, a co-founder of Versant Ventures, as Venture Advisor. Both medtech veterans, they will help support the continued growth of Intuitive Ventures in investing in start-ups reimagining the future of minimally invasive care. With more than two decades of medtech investing and operational leadership experience, Burke will help support the growth of the firm's investment platform. With over $250 million in assets under management, Intuitive Ventures invests in founders tackling large, meaningful problems that positive

IRVINE, Calif., Dec. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Edwards Lifesciences Corporation (NYSE:EW) today announced that following regular succession planning discussions with the Board of Directors, Edwards' chairman and CEO, Michael A. Mussallem, who recently turned 70, has informed the Board of his decision to retire as CEO in connection with the company's Annual Meeting of Stockholders on May 11, 2023. At the 2023 annual meeting, Mussallem will stand for election as non-executive chairman of Edwards' Board. He will be succeeded as CEO by Bernard Zovighian, currently corporate vice pre

IRVINE, Calif., May 5, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Edwards Lifesciences Corporation (NYSE:EW) today announced updates from its annual meeting, in which Edwards' stockholders voted with the board's recommendations on all proxy proposals: All eight director nominees were elected as directors of the company for a one-year term; Stockholders advised that they approve the compensation of the company's named executive officers; Stockholders have approved the Amendment and Restatement of the company's U.S. and International Employee Stock Purchase Plans; Stockholders have ratified the appoi