Report of Foreign Issuer (6-k)
April 09 2020 - 7:06AM
Edgar (US Regulatory)
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C.
20549
Report of Foreign Private Issuer
Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16
of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934
April 09, 2020
Commission
File Number 001-14978
SMITH & NEPHEW
plc
(Registrant's
name)
Building 5, Croxley Park,
Hatters Lane, Watford, Hertfordshire, WD18 8YE,
England
(Address
of registrant's principal executive offices)
[Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant files or will file
annual
reports
under cover Form 20-F or Form 40-F.]
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20-F
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of
1934.]
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registrant
in connection with Rule 12g3-2 (b) : 82- n/a.
Medtronic's Bob White joins Smith+Nephew's Board as Non-Executive
Director
9 April 2020
Smith+Nephew (LSE:SN, NYSE:SNN), the global medical technology
business, is pleased to announce the appointment of Bob White as a
Non-Executive Director.
Bob is a proven MedTech leader with more than 25 years' experience
spanning the US, Europe and Asia Pacific. He is currently Executive
Vice President and President, Minimally Invasive Therapies Group
and a member of the Executive Committee for Medtronic
plc.
Bob previously served as Senior Vice President and President of
Medtronic Asia Pacific, having led the integration of Covidien Asia
Pacific when it was acquired by Medtronic in 2015. At Covidien he
served in a number of increasingly senior roles including
President, Emerging Markets and President, Respiratory and
Monitoring Solutions. He has also held leadership positions at GE
Healthcare and IBM.
Bob is a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives.
He holds a bachelor's degree in marketing from Cleveland State
University and an MBA from Case Western Reserve
University.
Roberto Quarta, Chair of Smith+Nephew, said:
"The Board believes it is important that we include a Non-Executive
Director with a deep knowledge of the global MedTech space. Bob is
a well-regarded and influential member of our industry who brings
both large company perspective and the experience of working in the
US, our largest market, and Asia Pacific, a vital growth
opportunity for Smith+Nephew. We are delighted to have Bob join the
Board."
Bob will join the Board on 1 May 2020.
-ENDS-
Enquiries
Investors
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Andrew Swift
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+44 (0) 1923 477433
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Smith+Nephew
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Media
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Charles Reynolds
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+44 (0) 1923 477314
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Smith+Nephew
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Susan Gilchrist / Ayesha Bharmal
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+44 (0) 20 7404 5959
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Brunswick
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About Smith+Nephew
Smith+Nephew is a portfolio medical technology business that exists
to restore people's bodies and their self-belief by using
technology to take the limits off living. We call this purpose
'Life Unlimited'. Our 17,500+ employees deliver this mission every
day, making a difference to patients' lives through the
excellence of our product portfolio, and the invention and
application of new technologies across our three global
franchises of Orthopaedics, Advanced Wound Management and Sports
Medicine & ENT.
Founded in Hull, UK, in 1856, we now operate in more than 100
countries, and generated annual sales of $5.1 billion in 2019.
Smith+Nephew is a constituent of the FTSE100 (LSE:SN, NYSE:SNN).
The terms 'Group' and 'Smith+Nephew' are used to refer to Smith
& Nephew plc and its consolidated subsidiaries, unless the
context requires otherwise.
For more information about Smith+Nephew, please
visit www.smith-nephew.com and
follow us on Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram or Facebook.
Forward-looking Statements
This document may contain forward-looking statements that may or
may not prove accurate. For example, statements regarding expected
revenue growth and trading margins, market trends and our product
pipeline are forward-looking statements. Phrases such as "aim",
"plan", "intend", "anticipate", "well-placed", "believe",
"estimate", "expect", "target", "consider" and similar expressions
are generally intended to identify forward-looking statements.
Forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks,
uncertainties and other important factors that could cause actual
results to differ materially from what is expressed or implied by
the statements. For Smith+Nephew, these factors include: economic
and financial conditions in the markets we serve, especially those
affecting health care providers, payers and customers; price levels
for established and innovative medical devices; developments in
medical technology; regulatory approvals, reimbursement decisions
or other government actions; product defects or recalls or other
problems with quality management systems or failure to comply with
related regulations; litigation relating to patent or other claims;
legal compliance risks and related investigative, remedial or
enforcement actions; disruption to our supply chain or operations
or those of our suppliers; competition for qualified personnel;
strategic actions, including acquisitions and dispositions, our
success in performing due diligence, valuing and integrating
acquired businesses; disruption that may result from transactions
or other changes we make in our business plans or organisation to
adapt to market developments; and numerous other matters that
affect us or our markets, including those of a political, economic,
business, competitive or reputational nature. Please refer to the
documents that Smith+Nephew has filed with the U.S. Securities and
Exchange Commission under the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as amended, including Smith+Nephew's most recent annual report on
Form 20-F, for a discussion of certain of these factors. Any
forward-looking statement is based on information available to
Smith+Nephew as of the date of the statement. All written or oral
forward-looking statements attributable to Smith+Nephew are
qualified by this caution. Smith+Nephew does not undertake any
obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statement to
reflect any change in circumstances or in Smith+Nephew's
expectations.
◊ Trademark of Smith+Nephew. Certain marks registered US
Patent and Trademark Office.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf
by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
Smith
& Nephew Plc
(Registrant)
Date: April
09, 2020
By: /s/
Susan Swabey
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Susan
Swabey
Company
Secretary
Smith and Nephew (PK) (USOTC:SNNUF)
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