Michel Darnaud

Chairman of the Board
material Science
Xeltis
France

Scientist Materials Science
Biography

Michel Darnaud has over 40 years of expertise as an executive and a consultant in the Medical Technology industry. Alongside his Chairmanship at Xeltis, he is the Chairman of Stentys, Chairman and Certified Executive Coach at Strammer, and a board member at Corwave. Furthermore, Darnaud was President of Cardiac Surgery at Sorin/LivaNova from 2008 to 2017. A consultant at Spencer Stuart, focusing on Medical Technology in Europe from 2005 to 2008, he was previously President Europe at Boston Scientific for seven years. He spent 19 years with Baxter International, where he became President of the European Cardiovascular Business. Darnaud is also a former Chairman of Eucomed, the European Medical Device Industry Association.

Research Intrest

development of new medical technologies in the feild of oncology