

Our leaders
Our leaders
Our board of directors and executive leadership team are guided by Our credo and are passionate about helping patients and meeting the needs of all of our stakeholders. These executives serve as leaders not only for our employees, but also for the medical device industry and our global communities.
Executive leadership team
Updated August 2020. Please click on picture or name to see a short bio.
Chairman and
Chief Executive Officer

Michael A. Mussallem
Chairman and Chief Executive OfficerCorporate Vice President,
Strategy & Corporate
Development

Donald E. Bobo, Jr.
Corporate Vice President,Strategy & Corporate
Development
Corporate Vice President,
Advanced Technology
Chief Scientific Officer

Todd J. Brinton, M.D., F.A.C.C.
Corporate Vice President,Advanced Technology
Chief Scientific Officer
Corporate Vice President,
Surgical Structural Heart

Daveen Chopra
Corporate Vice President,Surgical Structural Heart
Corporate Vice President,
Public Affairs

Dirksen J. Lehman
Corporate Vice President,Public Affairs
Corporate Vice President,
EMEA, Canada and Latin America

Jean-Luc Lemercier
Corporate Vice President,EMEA, Canada and Latin America
Corporate Vice President,
Human Resources

Christine Z. McCauley
Corporate Vice President,Human Resources
Vice President,
Quality and Regulatory Compliance

Gary I. Sorsher
Vice PresidentQuality and Regulatory Compliance
Corporate Vice President,
Global Supply Chain

Joseph Nuzzolese
Corporate Vice President,Global Supply Chain
Corporate Vice President,
Critical Care

Katie M. Szyman
Corporate Vice President,Critical Care
Katie Szyman has been corporate vice president since 2015 and is currently responsible for the company’s global critical care and vascular business. Prior to joining Edwards, Szyman held a variety of roles with increasing levels of responsibility for more than 20 years at Medtronic. She served as president of Medtronic’s global diabetes business for five years, overseeing research, development, operations, and sales and marketing. She also served as senior vice president of corporate strategy and business development, VP and general manager of endovascular, and VP of finance for the vascular business. Szyman currently serves on the boards of Inari Medical Inc., Octane and the American Heart Association of Orange County. She previously served on the boards of Tornier, Inspire Medical Systems and the California Healthcare Institute (CHI). She graduated from the University of St. Thomas and earned her master’s degree in business administration from Harvard Business School.
Corporate Vice President,
Chief Financial Officer

Scott B. Ullem
Corporate Vice President,Chief Financial Officer
Corporate Vice President,
Japan, Asia and Pacific

Huimin Wang, M.D.
Corporate Vice President,Japan, Asia and Pacific
Corporate Vice President,
General Counsel

Arnold A. Pinkston
Corporate Vice President,General Counsel
Corporate Vice President,
Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement

Larry L. Wood
Corporate Vice President,Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement
Corporate Vice President,
Transcatheter Mitral and Tricuspid Therapies

Bernard J. Zovighian
Corporate Vice President,Transcatheter Mitral and Tricuspid Therapies
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