Leadership

LEADERSHIP TEAM

Alain Tornier, Chairman of the Board

Douglas Kohrs, President and CEO

INVESTMENT TEAM

Warburg Pincus, a global private equity firm, and The Vertical Group, a venture capital firm focused on the medical device industry, have a proven record of successful co-investments in the medical device industry. Co-investments by the two firms have included: American Medical Systems, ev3 Inc., Kyphon Inc., Spinecore (acquired by Stryker Corporation in 2004), Wright Medical Group, and Xomed Surgical Products Inc. (acquired by Medtronic in 1999).

About Warburg Pincus

Warburg Pincus has been a leading private equity investor since 1971. The firm currently has approximately $26 billion under management and invests in a range of industries, including healthcare, information and communication technology, consumer and industrial, media and business services, financial services, energy and real estate. Warburg Pincus has invested $4.4 billion of equity in healthcare-related companies around the world, including more than $1 billion in medical devices. In addition to Warburg Pincus’ notable medical device investments mentioned above, Warburg Pincus’ notable European healthcare investments include ProStrakan, Eurand, Euromedic International, Archimedes Pharma, and Zentiva. Warburg Pincus has historically invested more than $20 billion in approximately 525 companies in 30 countries. The firm has offices in New York, Menlo Park, London, Frankfurt, Hong Kong, Beijing, Shanghai, Seoul, Tokyo and Mumbai, and an active portfolio of more than 100 companies.