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Edwards Lifesciences Mike Mussallem To Retire As CEO, Bernard Zovighian Named Successor

 
• By Marion Webb

Mussallem’s retirement at age 70 does not come as a surprise to the Street, but analysts expect some headwinds for his successor Bernard Zovighian, who has been heading the firm’s transcatheter mitral and tricuspid valve repair business.

Michael Mussallem, Edwards Lifesciences CEO
• Source: Edwards Lifesciences (BEN CAMACHO)

After 22 years at the helm, Edwards Lifesciences Corp. CEO Mike Mussallem announced on 8 December he will hand over the reins to Bernard Zovighian, current corporate vice president for Edwards’ transcatheter mitral and tricuspid therapies business (TMTT), starting in May of 2023.

Zovighian will serve as Edwards’ president starting on 1 January, working with Mussallem and the board and executive leadership team on a smooth transition, Edwards announced today.

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