PLYMOUTH, Minn.—Trelleborg Medical Solutions, a business unit of Trelleborg A.B., has selected nine new board members to lead the division.
The appointments were effective June 26. They include Kate Bartelli, Luiz Cortez, Daniel Diffenderfer, Kevin Ehlert, Jess Gritz, Yonatan Necoechea, Ricardo Oliveira, KJ Tan and Giovanni Tricarico.
"Our board members will continually drive excellence for the business area and strategically meet our customer's needs," said Linda Muroski, president of Trelleborg Medical Solutions. "They have deep industry experience and understand the market on a global scale. With their guidance, customers can expect a more focused approach to our manufacturing programs, enhanced collaboration and speed on new product development, greater emphasis on engineered solutions, and a single quality management system worldwide."
Bartelli is vice president of quality and regulatory and has been with the company for about four years. She previously worked at Cirtec Medical and Boston Scientific.
Cortez is the biopharma business segment president. He has been with Trelleborg since 2019, coming to the company from Raytheon Technologies.
Diffenderfer serves as the medical device solutions unit president for Europe and has been with Trelleborg for 11 years.
Ehlert works as medical device solutions unit president for the Americas, starting at Trelleborg in 2019.
Gritz works as vice president of human resources and joined Trelleborg earlier this year, coming from Medtronic.
Necoechea is the medical device solutions unit president and has been with Trelleborg since 2021. Before that he worked for Essilor Luxottica and Lincoln Electric.
Oliveira is vice president of finance, information technology and business control, beginning with Trelleborg this year. He previously worked at Energizer, Mondelez and Procter and Gamble.
Tan is operations president for APAC. He has been with Trelleborg since 2001 and previously worked at Hercules Rubber.
Tricarico is director of information technology and has been with Trelleborg for 10 years. He previously held positions at Lafarge and IBM.
Trelleborg Medical Solutions works in engineered polymer solutions for demanding medical, biotech and pharmaceutical applications, from concept to commercialization.
Trelleborg A.B. saw net sales last year in the $3.2 billion range.
