Following investment by investment company Connection Capital, Leatherhead-based orthopaedic company MatOrtho has appointed Tim Lawes as vice-president of global marketing, responsible for devising and implementing commercial strategies to drive uptake and adoption of products in the company’s hip and knee portfolio. He will also be responsible for shaping the development and commercialisation strategy on a global basis, of emerging products and technologies.

MatOrtho has also appointed David Clapcott as vice-president global sales, responsible for growing the existing portfolio of hip and knee products on a global basis, reshaping existing field resources, guiding investment in new market entry, and ensuring key opinion leaders around the world understand MatOrtho’s products.

MatOrtho non-executive director Simon Cartmell said: “We are thrilled to welcome both David and Tim to MatOrtho. They bring unparalleled expertise to the company at a key time. We are embarking on a new phase of growth post-Covid, as elective surgeries return to previous levels and as global experience reinforces the unsurpassed clinical performance of our hip and knee reconstruction products.”

Carter Schwartz’s head of practice, private equity, Lewis Buckley advised on the appointments.