Deepak Nath Leaves Siemens To Become Smith & Nephew's New CEO

Deepak Nath will take over as Smith & Nephew’s new CEO on 1 April, joining the orthopedics and wound care company after four years as president of Siemens Healthineers’ diagnostics business. Smith & Nephew’s current CEO Roland Diggelmann is stepping down by mutual agreement.

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Deepak Nath will take over from Roland Diggelmann as CEO of Smith & Nephew on 1 April, the company announced on 22 February.

Nath joins Smith & Nephew after four years withSiemens Healthineers’ diagnostics business and after almost 11 years in various leadership roles at Abbott.

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