Christopher Rowland

Christopher (Chris) Rowland has over thirty years’ experience in the life sciences market, specifically in the medical device and non-invasive medicine sectors. During his career he has held senior executive positions in the USA and overseas in both public and private companies, ranging from large multi-national corporations to small, innovative companies.

Prior to Tricol, Mr. Rowland was Chief Executive Officer of Medigus, Ltd. (MDGS), a medical device company specializing in the development of minimally invasive endosurgical tools and highly innovative imaging solutions. Previously, he served as President of IntraPace Inc., a company that develops medical equipment in the field of obesity. Between 2009 and 2011, he was President and Chief Executive Officer of Neotract Inc. (acquired by TeleFlex). From 2006 to 2009 he served as President Americas for Given Imaging (acquired by Covidien/Medtronic). In addition, Mr. Rowland worked for the Boston Scientific Corporation for seventeen years in positions of increasing responsibility. Chris started his career at the Xerox Corporation.

Chris has a B.Sc. in Marketing from Southern Illinois University and has completed the Executive Leadership Program at Harvard Business School and the Executive Management Program at Columbia Business School. He has received over 20 Patents for a variety of minimally invasive medical devices.