Patrick Fisher Joins Orthofix as President of Global Orthopedics Business
LEWISVILLE, Texas — August 15, 2024 — Orthofix Medical Inc. (NASDAQ:OFIX), a leading global spine and orthopedics company, today announced the appointment of Patrick Fisher as President of the Orthofix Global Orthopedics business. In this role, Fisher will serve on the company’s Executive Leadership team, reporting to Orthofix President and CEO Massimo Calafiore.
Fisher joins Orthofix from Stryker Corporation, a global medical technology company where he served as the Vice President and General Manager of the Foot and Ankle business unit. Prior to Stryker, Fisher served as the President of Lower Extremity and Biologics for Wright Medical, which was acquired by Stryker in 2020. After joining Wright Medical in 2002, he served in multiple roles of increasing responsibility including Vice President of U.S. Sales.
“Patrick has led global teams in the successful development and execution of innovative strategies focused on driving commercial optimization across sales, marketing, R&D, clinical research and medical education,” said Calafiore. “We are excited to welcome him to our team, and I am confident his leadership, experience and broad familiarity with the Orthopedics market will help us further grow this franchise and expand our market presence.”
“Orthofix has a uniquely differentiated orthopedics portfolio with a history of clinical innovation that goes back to its early beginnings in 1980,” said Fisher. “I have long been aware of the great products and work done by the Orthofix orthopedics team, and I am honored to have the opportunity to lead this area of the organization. I look forward to working with the team to help drive growth and accelerate this important area of the business.”
Fisher has a Bachelor of Arts in International Studies from Rhodes College and a Master of Business Administration in International Business from the University of Memphis. Additionally, he is a board member of the Greater Memphis Medical Device Council, the Memphis Chairman’s Circle and the University of Tennessee Research Advisory Board.
As an inducement to enter into employment with Orthofix, Fisher was granted (i) performance-based vesting restricted stock units that settle into 30,637 shares of common stock at target achievement, (ii) time-based vesting restricted stock units that settle into 15,319 shares of common stock, and (iii) stock options to purchase 35,195 shares of common stock. The performance-based vesting restricted stock units vest at the end of a three-year performance period based on the Company’s total stockholder return relative to an industry peer group index during such period, while the time-based vesting restricted stock units vest in equal tranches over three years. The stock options vest upon achievement of both service- and performance-based criteria, whichever is the later of (a) the date certain service-based conditions are met (which will be met over three years) and (b) the date that the average closing price of the Company’s common stock over a one-month calendar period has been equal to or great than 150% of the closing price of the Company’s common stock on the grant date. The grants, which were approved by Orthofix’s Board of Directors, were made under standalone inducement award agreements approved pursuant to NASDAQ Marketplace Rule 5635(c)(4).