Medartis Holding AG
Dirk W. Kirsten, PhD, currently serves as Group CFO and a member of the Executive Management Board at Medartis since March 2021. As a founding partner and owner of FairValue Partners AG since February 2013, Dirk provides independent consultancy services focused on corporate finance and value-based management. Previous experience includes the role of CFO at Heilpflanzenwohl AG, where Dirk built an OTC Pharma business from start-up to exit, as well as CFO and member of the global executive committee at Nobel Biocare. Dirk held various finance leadership positions at Syngenta, Roche, Deutsche Bank, PricewaterhouseCoopers, and SBC Warburg / UBS. Dirk holds a PhD in Business Administration / Economics from the University of Cologne, an MBA from London Business School, and a Dipl.Kfm. from the University of Cologne.
Medartis Holding AG
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.