OssDsign AB announced the appointment of Simon Cartmell as Chairman of the Board. Mr. Cartmell is an experienced entrepreneur in the life-sciences industry and a Non-Executive Director/Chairman of a number European medical device companies. Mr. Cartmell was previously the CEO and architect behind the commercial success of ApaTech, a British medtech firm that developed ACTIFUSE, a novel bone void filler used to treat bone defects resulting from orthopaedic and spine surgery or traumatic injury.

Further key recruitments to the company include Claes Lindblad, Chief Financial Officer; Henrik Hjort, Marketing Director; Ulrik Birgersson, Head of Clinical Engineering and Kajsa Björklund, Manufacturing Manager. The company also welcomes Rick Thomas to the new role of VP Global Commercial Operations. Mr. Thomas brings invaluable experience from previous positions in sales and marketing at Medtronic, ApaTech and Baxter, where he last served as International Sales Director.