Edwards Lifesciences CEO Michael Mussallem to retire, Bernard Zovighian succeeds

Edwards Lifesciences announced that following regular succession planning discussions with the Board of Directors, Edwards’ chairman and CEO, Michael Mussallem, who recently turned 70, has informed the Board of his decision to retire as CEO in connection with the company’s Annual Meeting of Stockholders on May 11, 2023. At the 2023 annual meeting, Mussallem will stand for election as non-executive chairman of Edwards’ Board. He will be succeeded as CEO by Bernard Zovighian, currently corporate vice president and general manager for Edwards’ Transcatheter Mitral and Tricuspid Therapies business. Zovighian will serve as president of Edwards Lifesciences effective Jan. 1 until he becomes CEO in May, working closely with Mussallem, the Board and the Executive Leadership Team on a smooth transition. Zovighian joined Edwards in 2015 as vice president and general manager of Surgical Structural Heart, which included responsibility for the company’s global valve network. He became corporate vice president of the surgical business and a member of the Edwards Executive Leadership Team in 2016.