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Peter Witke appointed Chair of Additive Surgical Pty Ltd

Adelaide, May 26, 2022 – OrthoSpineNews –

Additive Surgical Pty Ltd today announced the appointment of Mr. Peter Witke as Chairman of its Board Of Directors.

“With bringing the experience and skills set of this Dutch veteran in international sales and business development of surgical solutions, Additive Surgical feels excited about Peter to lead our board”, says Additive’s CEO, Mr. Gibran Maher.

He continues: ”founding the company has been an ‘under the radar’ experience for 18 months now, because of several strategic reasons. Peter has been in this leadership role since the very beginning of this process and all at Additive greatly benefited from both his expertise and his how-can-I-help kind of personal approach.”

Peter Witke: “I feel honoured and grateful about Additive Surgical’s Board showing this level of trust. I look forward to a successful introduction of clinically proven innovative surgical solutions for Spinal surgery in the ANZ region; I feel proud and confident about Additive Surgical’s dedicated team of professionals to manufacture and support this great technology locally. Special thanks to the the South Australian Government, Additive’s dedicated investors and to Spine surgeons, that already showed their interest in Additive Surgical’s mission”.

Additive’s CEO concludes: “Additive Surgical will be present at SSA’s annual meeting, May 27-29 in Darwin, after which Peter and I will plan on visiting several states in Australia and New Zealand to meet surgeons and stakeholders in person”.

Peter Witke will continue his role and responsibilities as Chief Commercial Officer at Tsunami Medical in Italy.

For further information, please feel free to contact Additive Surgical’s CEO, Mr. Gibran Maher: gibran@Additive-surgical.com

About the company
Additive Surgical was established in 2020 and is the first company in Australia to manufacture 3D Printed Titanium novel spinal implant technologies, using state of the art, European IP. The entire Additive Surgical team is dedicated and passionate about manufacturing the highest quality medical technology in Australia that positively impact the lives of people globally.

Chris J. Stewart

Chris currently serves as President and CEO of Surgio Health. Chris has close to 20 years of healthcare management experience, with an infinity to improve healthcare delivery through the development and implementation of innovative solutions that result in improved efficiencies, reduction of unnecessary financial & clinical variation, and help achieve better patient outcomes. Previously, Chris was assistant vice president and business unit leader for HPG/HCA. He has presented at numerous healthcare forums on topics that include disruptive innovation, physician engagement, shifting reimbursement models, cost per clinical episode and the future of supply chain delivery.

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