Leadership Team
Aamir Mahmood
President and CEO
Year of entry: 2024
Born: 1976
Location: USA
Education: BS in Marketing and Management from Oklahoma State University, an MBA from Oklahoma City University, and Executive Education from Harvard Business School
Previous engagements/experience: Aamir has more than twenty years of executive experience in the medical device industry, demonstrating a proven track record in commercial roles within Global cardiovascular device markets. His expertise spans sales, marketing, and strategy functions at organizations such as LivaNova, Boston Scientific, and Merck. Most recently, Aamir served as the General Manager/Vice President, Americas, at MicroPort CRM (MicroPort acquired the organization from LivaNova in 2017), a cardiovascular medical device company with primary focus on cardiac rhythm management, electrophysiology, arrhythmia assessment, and other cardiac devices used for diagnosing, treating, and managing heart rhythm disorders and heart failure. Prior to overseeing the Americas for MicroPort, Aamir rotated through two EXPAT assignments in Europe running Global Sales, followed by Global Marketing and Strategy, including M&A.
Other significant ongoing assignments: Aceco Valves Member, Board of Directors, Leman Micro Devices Member, Board of Directors, YPO Member
Christian Lindholm
Chief Financial Officer
Year of entry: 2016
Born: 1964
Location: Sweden
Education: Business Administration at the University of Växjö and Kristianstad University.
Previous engagements/experience: For the past 17 years, he has held positions as CFO in both private and listed companies. Prior to joining Acarix, Christian Lindholm was CFO of Doro AB and TFS International AB.
Other significant ongoing assignments: Board Member of Lindholm Finance AB.
Acarix holdings:
79,328 Shares
0 Employee Options
Claus Christensen
Head of R&D (Interim)
Year of entry: 2023
Born: 1964
Location: Denmark
Education: MSc & PhD in molecular biology from University of Copenhagen and MBA (Management of Technology) from Tech University of Denmark.
Previous engagements/experience: Claus has work and leadership experience from international biotech and medical device industry focused on product innovation, product development, people and advisory board management, clinical studies, regulatory strategy, and fundraising. He is a serial entrepreneur, co-founder of Acarix in 2009 and other bio- and medtech companies.
Other significant ongoing assignments: CEO CPHbiomedix Aps (DK) and Ausculto Aps (DK), Advisor to Danish start-up companies.
Acarix holdings:
200,000 Shares
191,136 Options
Thomas Borch
Chief Operating Officer
Bio coming soon
Carma Connely
Head of Market Access & Customer Excellence
Year of entry: 2022
Born: 1975
Location: USA
Education: BS in Chemistry from Butler University, IN and MS in Biochemistry from University of Denver, CO.
Previous engagements/experience: Carma has over 20 years of experience in the medical device field with a focus on neurosurgery and cardiology. She has experience in sales, product management, quality, regulatory, operations, clinical education, and finance. Carma previously held roles as Vice President of Operations at Coala Life, Product Management at Raumedic and launched multiple European companies into the US market.
Acarix holdings:
408,520 Employee Options
Jennifer Matson
Head of Medical Affairs
Year of entry: 2022
Born: 1977
Location: USA
Education: BSc in Biomedical Engineering from Boston University, MA and Master of Public Health from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, MD.
Previous engagements/experience: Jennifer has more than 20 years of experience in research and development, clinical, and product innovation in the medical device industry (FDA class II and III, including HDE) internationally for Biotronik, Bayer and start-ups. Her career also includes experience leading program evaluation for healthcare reform initiatives as part of a Medicare and Medicaid Innovation grant.
Acarix holdings:
408,520 Employee Options
Jennifer Anderson
Head of Marketing & Communications
Year of entry: 2022
Born: 1979
Location: USA
Education: BS in Finance from the University of Colorado, CO and an MBA (Market Strategy) from Regis University, CO.
Previous engagements/experience: Jennifer has more than 20 years of global marketing experience leading teams, launching products, and growing product portfolios in the medical device space. Her previous roles include Senior Director of Marketing at Keystone Heart, Senior Marketing Manager at LivaNova, where she led the Heart Valve Marketing Team and launched the Perceval Sutureless Valve in the US market. Jennifer has also held various marketing roles within Medtronic's surgical and patient monitoring portfolios including team leadership, product management, marketing management, new product development, and strategic marketing roles.
Acarix holdings:
205,680 Employee Options
US Sales Leadership
The US sales area includes three regions, West & Southwest, Midwest & Northeast, and Southeast, each overseen by dedicated Regional Sales Leaders, all reporting directly to the CEO. Each Regional Sales Leader oversees sales representatives within their respective regions, providing an efficient and personalized approach to customer needs.