Martin Witte is Senior Director covering Growth & Innovation topics at TÜV SÜD, driving strategic transformation across global medical device markets. With a career spanning regulatory affairs, sales, marketing, and business development, Martin brings a rare cross-functional lens to leadership in MedTech.

He is passionate about shaping future-ready services through customer-centricity, digitalisation, and collaboration. Martin’s approach focuses on unlocking team potential and amplifying impact through inclusive leadership, executive sponsorship, and design-driven thinking.

In this episode, Martin shares how cross-functional experience shaped his career, why great leadership starts with building trust; and how real innovation happens when you involve the right people early - even in highly regulated environments.

Tune in for:

- Why healthy friction is essential for team growth (and not something to avoid)
- How AI is reshaping MedTech and why soft skills now matter more than ever
- Practical ways leaders can create safe spaces for open disagreement
And much more!

Career inspiration, medtech opportunities, hiring solutions, and market insights, all in one place. Find them here - linktr.ee/elemed

Career inspiration, medtech opportunities, hiring solutions and market insights, all in one place. Find them here.

Listen in as four outstanding MedTech leaders dive into the real-life challenges and mindset shifts that come with working in startup environments. In this special Future Leader Sessions episode of Career Diaries, our panel shares insights on:

• Speaking the CEO’s language
• Balancing long-term vision with day-to-day execution
• Leading through uncertainty

Hear honest stories and practical advice on:
 ✔️ Getting CEO buy-in on quality and regulatory priorities
 ✔️ Communicating risk to non-technical executives
 ✔️ Maintaining strategic focus amid daily fires
 ✔️ Building a strong quality culture in fast-moving startups
 ✔️ Making the leap from technical expert to strategic leader

Our expert panel features:
 🎤 Faisel Jobrani – VP Global Quality Assurance at Median Technologies
🎤 Ian Wilde – Head of Quality at SPT Labtech
🎤 Claude Hennion – CEO at OncoDiag
🎤 Alex Zaretsky – Associate Head AI Notified Body at BSI

Don’t forget you can register for our Future Leader Sessions for free – just follow us on LinkedIn to know when they’re released > https://www.linkedin.com/company/elemed

Prefer to watch the recording? Catch it here > https://www.elemed.eu/news-insights/future-leader-sessions/

Career inspiration, medtech opportunities, hiring solutions and market insights, all in one place. Find them here.

With over 20 years of cross-functional experience, Maarten ter Mors is a MedTech leader known for his curiosity, adaptability, and people-first approach. His career spans engineering, product management, marketing, sales, and general management. Today, he’s Senior VP and Head of Brachytherapy Solutions at Elekta, where he brings people, technology, and strategy together to make a real-world impact.

Maarten believes that no matter how advanced technology becomes, people remain at the heart of progress-especially when working with AI, not against it.

With a career shaped by adaptability and cross-functional moves, Maarten offers a unique lens on how to grow in a fast-evolving industry.

Tune in for:

• Moving across functions (before you're “ready”)
• Why sales skills matter in every role
• What AI will really change in MedTech careers
• How to build cognitively diverse, high-performing teams
• Why curiosity is your ultimate growth engine
  And much more!

Career inspiration, medtech opportunities, hiring solutions, and market insights, all in one place. Find them here - linktr.ee/elemed

Career inspiration, medtech opportunities, hiring solutions and market insights, all in one place. Find them here.

Dr. Ann O’Connell, PhD, is a visionary leader and expert in Medtech and Manufacturing skills development. As Head of Funded Projects for Medtech and Engineering at Ibec, she oversees over 100 upskilling programs annually. Her extensive and strategic portfolio addresses critical areas such as Research & Development, Manufacturing & Digitalisation, Quality & Regulatory, Sustainability, and Management & Leadership.

With a PhD from University College Dublin (2014) and over 17years of industry experience at Intel Corporation and Irish Manufacturing Research, Ann has deep technical foundations in technology, digitalisation, data science, and intelligent automation which informs her current work, where she applies her expertise to empower industries to address some of the world's most pressing challenges in health and environmental sustainability. Ann’s commitment to advancing professional development and her industry-specific insights make her a driving force in shaping the future of Medtech and Engineering in Ireland and beyond.

Tune in for:

• The number one transversal skill you need to succeed
• Must have digital skills for the future
• Key findings from Ibec’s Talent to Thrive: The Future Skills Report for Ireland’s Medtech Sector 2024 – 2028
• And much more!

Career inspiration, medtech opportunities, hiring solutions and market insights, all in one place. Find them here.

Listen in to not one but several fantastic MedTech leaders share their career stories and lessons in this special Future Leader Sessions episode of Career Diaries. This session - Managing and Motivating Others - covers:

• Setting goals and objectives
• Managing performance
• Engaging and motivating your team
• Inspiring trust
• Effective communication

 Our fantastic panel features:

• Serge Tabet
  Regulatory Affairs Director EMEA at Terumo BCT
• Neelu Gibson
  WW Vice President, Regulatory Affairs, MDS at BD
• Andrea Sparti
  Head of QA/RA & Solutions Diabetes Care at Ypsomed AG 

Don't forget you can register for our Future Leader Sessions for free - just follow us on Linkedin to know when they're released > https://www.linkedin.com/company/elemed/
 
Prefer to watch the recording? Watch it for free here > https://www.elemed.eu/news-insights/future-leader-sessions-managing-and-motivating-others/

Career inspiration, medtech opportunities, hiring solutions and market insights, all in one place. Find them here.

Listen in to not one but several fantastic MedTech leaders share their career stories and lessons in this special Future Leader Sessions episode of Career Diaries. This session - Leading the Business Around You - covers:

• Partnering with the business; what stakeholders really want
• Getting C-suite buy-in
• Networking and building relationships
• Influencing others

 Our fantastic panel features:

• Monika McDole-Russell
  Sr. Director, Global Regulatory Affairs at Medtronic Endoscopy 
• Elizabeth Gfoeller
  Corporate Director, 
  Regulatory Affairs at MED-EL
• Stefan Fischer
  SVP Regulatory Affairs at Paul Hartmann AG
• Karim Djamshidi
  Vice President - Global Patient Health & Regulatory Compliance at KARL STORZ SE & Co. KG

Don't forget you can register for our Future Leader Sessions for free - just follow us on Linkedin to know when they're released > https://www.linkedin.com/company/elemed/
 
Prefer to watch the recording? Watch it for free here > https://www.elemed.eu/news-insights/future-leader-sessions-leading-the-business-around-you/

Career inspiration, medtech opportunities, hiring solutions and market insights, all in one place. Find them here.

Günter joined Tecan in 2003 as Senior Vice President, Head of Quality Assurance and Regulatory Affairs. He has been a member of the Management Board from 2003 to 2010 and a member of the Extended Management Board ever since.

Günter has over 35 years of experience in the in-vitro diagnostics and medical device industry. He ensures successful strategies for commercialising products worldwide with his team and Tecan's customers. Günter is an expert in the implementation and certification of quality management systems in MedTech and IVD companies and a certified enterprise risk manager.

Tune in for:
How to adopt a business-first mindset
What QARA teams can do to build trust with business partners
How to align QARA goals with the wider business
And much more!

Career inspiration, medtech opportunities, hiring solutions and market insights, all in one place. Find them here.

Listen in to not one but several fantastic MedTech leaders share their career stories and lessons in this special Future Leader Sessions episode of Career Diaries. This session - Looking Inwards - covers:

• Developing self-awareness
• Getting and giving feedback
• Emotional intelligence
• Vulnerability and authenticity
• Continuous self-improvement

 Our fantastic panel features:

• David Glasgow - Director of Quality, EMEA Commercial Operations at Bio-Rad Laboratories
• Lacey Gigante - Director, Post Market Surveillance at Integra LifeSciences
• Frederic Bustos - Senior Director RAQA Europe, Middle East, Africa, Latin America and Canada at Stryker
• Rekha Roveri - Director Global Regulatory Affairs at Mozarc Medical

Don't forget you can register for our Future Leader Sessions for free - just follow us on Linkedin to know when they're released > https://www.linkedin.com/company/elemed/
 
Prefer to watch the recording? Watch it for free here > https://www.elemed.eu/news-insights/future-leader-sessions-looking-inwards/

Career inspiration, medtech opportunities, hiring solutions and market insights, all in one place. Find them here.

Career inspiration, medtech opportunities, hiring solutions and market insights, all in one place. Find them here.

Patrice is a global leader in quality and regulatory with 30 years of international-related experience. He is currently the Vice-President, Quality Management and Regulatory Affairs at Sirona Medical. He works with teams to set up lean, sound, cost-effective business systems focused on client loyalty and growth.

He helps companies determine the right investments to make so that quality and regulatory can become real competitive differentiators. He loves to coach, train and teach many. He draws inspiration from the Phillip B. Crosby quote: "Quality is free"

Tune in for:

• Is it possible to be lean AND compliant?
• QA/RA and the future
• What business leaders really want from their QARA partners
• And much more!

Career inspiration, medtech opportunities, hiring solutions and market insights, all in one place. Find them here.

Julie is a serial innovator leveraging science, technology and creative communities to solve one of the biggest of society's problems - how to improve health. Spanning two decades of commitment to life sciences Julie has fused science, technology and business operations into new solutions that power the pharmaceutical industry. Partnership across peers, providers and academics has ensured that everyone has been part of this exciting journey.

Tune in for:

• What MedTech can learn from big Pharma
• How to implement digitisation into your business
• The impact of digital on jobs 
• And much more!

Career inspiration, medtech opportunities, hiring solutions and market insights, all in one place. Find them here.