The Worldwide President of Depuy Synthes Spine, Namal Nawana, just announced his resignation this morning after only a few months on the job. He’s apparently heading to yet-named publicly traded healthcare company. It shocked a lot of people. Max Reinhardt, the recently appointed VP, will replace him.
DePuySynthes Spine President Replaced (Orthopedics This Week)
Namal Nawana resigned from his position as worldwide president, DePuySynthes Spine on November 27. Max Reinhardt, current vice president, worldwide marketing, will be named the new president.
Debbie Williams, the company’s communications director, confirmed the news to OTW in an email on the same day.
Namal Nawana
Nawana took the DePuy Spine position in March 2011. Since then, DePuy merged with Synthes, Inc. to form DePuySynthes, the largest orthopedic company in the world. Michel Orsinger, head of Synthes took over as head of the combined companies.
Nawana began his career as a research engineer at Royal Adelaide Hospital in 1992 before serving as a product development engineer with Howmedica International. He was with Johnson & Johnson and DePuy for more than 15 years, serving in roles in engineering, marketing, s...
