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Smith & Nephew Plc

20 October 2020

Katarzyna Mazur-Hofsaess joins Smith+Nephew's Board as Non-Executive Director

20 October 2020

Smith+Nephew (LSE:SN, NYSE:SNN), the global medical technology business, is pleased to announce the appointment of Katarzyna Mazur-Hofsaess as a Non-Executive Director.

Katarzyna has a strong track record in senior leadership within the MedTech industry and is a qualified medical doctor.

Since 2017 Katarzyna has served as Chief Executive Officer for the EUR2.7 billion EMEA business of Fresenius Medical Care AG & Co. KGaA, the German-listed renal care company. Previously she spent eight years at Zimmer Biomet (previously Zimmer) as President, EMEA, and held leadership roles at Abbott Laboratories, Allergy Therapeutics and Roche.

Katarzyna qualified as a doctor from the Medical University of Gdańsk, Poland in 1987 and completed an Executive MBA at the University of Minnesota, US, in 2002. Katarzyna is a Polish and German national.

Roberto Quarta, Chair of Smith+Nephew, said:

"We are delighted to have secured Katarzyna as a Non-Executive Director. Her deep industry knowledge, senior leadership experience and medical background make her an excellent addition to the Board team."

Katarzyna will join the Board on 1 November 2020.

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About Smith+Nephew

Smith+Nephew is a portfolio medical technology business that exists to restore people's bodies and their self-belief by using technology to take the limits off living. We call this purpose 'Life Unlimited'. Our 17,500+ employees deliver this mission every day, making a difference to patients' lives through the excellence of our product portfolio, and the invention and application of new technologies across our three global franchises of Orthopaedics, Advanced Wound Management and Sports Medicine & ENT.

Founded in Hull, UK, in 1856, we now operate in more than 100 countries, and generated annual sales of $5.1 billion in 2019. Smith+Nephew is a constituent of the FTSE100 (LSE:SN, NYSE:SNN). The terms 'Group' and 'Smith+Nephew' are used to refer to Smith & Nephew plc and its consolidated subsidiaries, unless the context requires otherwise.

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