AO Foundation Board

The AO's governing body

 

The AO Foundation Board (AOFB), the AO's governing body, is responsible for strategy, target setting, fund allocation to AO units, financial and risk management, compliance and legal structure, and supervision of all the AO's executing bodies.

Florian Gebhard

Florian Gebhard

President

Tim Pohlemann

President-Elect

Robert McGuire

Past-President

Christoph Lindenmeyer

CEO and Vice-Chairman

John Wilber

Trauma expertise

Jeffrey Wang

Spine expertise

Marcelo Figari

CMF expertise

Mark Markel

VET expertise

Anita Ignatius

R&D expertise

Ernst Mäder

Finance expertise

Christina Busmalis

Industry expertise

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