MediWound Ltd. announced the appointments of Mr. Nachum (Homi) Shamir as the Chairman of the Company's Board of Directors and Dr. Robert Snyder as the Company's Chief Medical Officer. Mr. Shamir assumes the role of Chairman from Mr. Stephen T. Wills, who will remain on the Board as a Director. Dr. Snyder will assume his role as Chief Medical Officer on January 1, 2023.

Professor Lior Rosenberg, founder and current Chief Medical Technology Officer, will continue to support the Company as a Medical Director focusing on the burn space and product life cycle management. Mr. Nachum Shamir joins as Chairman of the MediWound Board with a proven track record of bringing game-changing technologies to the market. He most recently served as Chairman, President, CEO of Luminex Corporation (LMNX) prior to its acquisition in 2021 by DiaSorin for $1.8 billion.

Mr. Shamir was President and CEO at Given Imaging (GIVN) from 2006 until its acquisition in 2014 by Covidien PLC (now Medtronic) for $1 billion. Prior to that, he was Corporate Vice President of Eastman Kodak and President of Eastman Kodak Transaction and Industrial Solutions Group. Mr. Shamir joined Eastman Kodak from Scitex Corporation where he held various executive positions, including President and CEO, prior to its acquisition in 2004 by Eastman Kodak for $262 million.

Mr. Shamir has held senior management positions at various international companies, mainly in the Asia Pacific regions. He currently is a Board Member at Strata Skin Sciences (SSKN) and Chairman at Cactus Acquisition Corp. (CCTS).

His previous Board appointments include Cogentix Medical (CGNT), which was acquired in 2018 by Laborie Medical Technologies for $214 million, and Invendo Medical GmbH, which was acquired in 2017 by Ambu for €225 million. Mr. Shamir holds a Bachelor of Science from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and a Masters of Public Administration from Harvard University. Dr. Robert J. Snyder (DPM, MSc, MBA, CWSP, FFPM RCPS) is Dean, Professor, Director of Clinical Research and Fellowship Director in Wound Care and Research at Barry University School of Podiatric Medicine.

He is certified in foot and ankle surgery by the American Board of Podiatric Surgery and is also a board-certified wound specialist. Dr. Snyder is past-president of the Association for the Advancement of Wound Care and past-president of the American Board of Wound Management. Dr. Snyder has completed an MBA in Health Management from The George Washington University and the Global Clinical Scholars Research Training Program at Harvard Medical School.

Dr. Snyder is a key opinion leader and sought-after speaker, lecturing extensively throughout the United States and abroad. He has published several book chapters and over 165 papers in peer reviewed and trade journals on wound care, and was the recipient of the Dr. Robert Warriner Memorial Award for excellence in wound management. Dr. Snyder serves as the Associate Editor for JAPMA and on the editorial advisory boards of Ostomy Wound Management, Wounds and as a periodic reviewer for the Lancet and NEJM.

He has been a Principal Investigator on more than 65 randomized controlled trials for innovative wound healing modalities and products.