Our leadership team
Our Board and operational leadership team drive the company forward.
Chief Executive Officer
Richard Twomey
Welshman Richard Twomey joined the company in February of 2014, taking over the role of CEO on 1 April. He was previously International Vice President of the California-based orthodontics company Align Technology and has also held a number of senior positions within divisions of Johnson & Johnson and as President of DePuy, International Ltd.
Executive vice president, Legal
Kristin Hedlund
Kristin Hedlund is a Swedish national and joined the Executive team in 2018. Before taking on her current role at Mölnlycke she held a number of positions within DB Schenker. Most recently she served as General Counsel and member of the Board at Schenker AB.
Kristin has more than twenty years of experience in Legal affairs. At Mölnlycke she is responsible for the Legal function and coordinates compliance-related activities in support of the execution of our strategy.
Executive Vice President, Human Resources & Corporate Communications
Martin Lexa
Martin Lexa is a German national, who before he joined the company held a position as Head HR EMEA at Alcon, a Novartis company. Martin has extensive and broad-based experience in mature and emerging markets for Novartis, Medtronic, Bristol-Myers Squibb and others.
Executive Vice President and CFO
Stefan Fristedt
Stefan is a Swedish national and joined the company and the Executive leadership team in December 2016. With a solid background in finance, and a decade within the med-tech industry, he has held senior positions at Getinge and the listed environmental technology group Nederman. Over the years he has gained a broad international experience through assignments in the US, Germany and Switzerland.
Executive Vice President, Operations
Eric De Kesel
Eric has been with the company since 2002 and has held roles as GM of our factory in Waremme, Belgium, as well as heading up various business units within our commercial organisation. Before taking on his current role, he was President of the Surgical Division.
Executive Vice President, Research & Development
Barry McBride
Barry an Irish national, he joined Mölnlycke in 2014 and leads our R&D and Medical teams. He has a broad global experience in medical devices and has held senior positions in R&D, general management, marketing and operations in USA, Asia and Europe. Prior to joining Mölnlycke Barry was CTO and a divisional President of Teleflex, he also founded a successful medical device startup company.
Executive Vice President, Wound Care & Marketing
Cathy Dalene
Cathy is a Norwegian national. She joined the company in 2016, and the Executive management team in June 2018. Before taking on her current role, she held roles as VP Global Marketing and Global Franchise Lead, Prevention.
Cathy has many years of experience from the medical device industry, holding several leadership roles across various Johnson & Johnson operating companies.
Executive Vice President, OR Solutions
Anders Andersson
Anders is responsible for our focused OR (Operating Room) Solutions organization within the Mölnlycke Procedure Trays, staff clothing and drapes product ranges. Anders has been with the company since 2000. During the years with Mölnlycke he has held various senior roles in Operations, Commercial and R&D. Before taking on his current role, he was Vice President of Global Manufacturing.
As of October 2017 Anders has been appointed EVP OR Solutions and is a member of the Executive Leadership team.
Executive Vice President, Commercial
Gavin Wood
Gavin is a Canadian national. He joined the company in 2015 and the Executive management team in June 2018. Before taking on his current role he held roles as VP Global Strategic Marketing & Market Access and most recently as VP Corporate Strategy & Business Development
Gavin has many years of experience within the medical device industry, including several leadership positions with Johnson & Johnson.
Our Board
Our board
Our Board has eight directors – Gunnar Brock, Christer Eriksson, John Hepburn, Clare Hollingsworth, Sharon James, Johan Malmquist, Karl-Henrik Sundström and our CEO Richard Twomey – plus one member from Investor AB, Lennart Johansson. Five are independent members. Chairman of the Board Gunnar Brock (one of the five independent Board members) is also from Investor.
Investor AB has owned Mölnlycke since 2007
Investor AB
Investor AB is a leading owner of Nordic-based international companies, founded by the Wallenberg family in 1916.
