{
  "id": 16594064,
  "title": "Medical Technology: Management Change – New Head of Carl Zeiss Meditec to Start This Year",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/26/medizintechnik-vorstandswechsel-neue-chefin-von-carl-zeiss-meditec",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-10-26T11:11:17.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Handelsblatt",
    "slug": "handelsblatt",
    "url": "https://www.handelsblatt.com/unternehmen/industrie/industrie-neue-chefin-von-carl-zeiss-meditec-startet-noch-2026/100264962.html"
  },
  "original_language": "de",
  "account": "Frankfurt - Carl Zeiss Meditec, the medical technology arm of the Zeiss conglomerate, has announced a change at the top as it appointed Bronwyn Brophy O Connor as its new chief executive officer, effective December 1. The company revealed the appointment on Monday, following an announcement in May. However, the exact timing of her transition from her previous employer, the Swedish reproductive medicine firm Vitrolife, depended on negotiations with Vitrolife, which currently has Andreas Pecher serving as interim CEO. Pecher also oversees Carl Zeiss AG, the parent company, and implemented a cost-cutting program that could eliminate up to 1,000 positions at the subsidiary. Upon assuming her role, Brophy O Connor will simultaneously join the executive board of the parent company, taking charge of the medical technology division. Hailing from Ireland, the physician has over 25 years of experience in the industry and previously worked for Thermo Fisher and Medtronic.",
  "summary": "Carl Zeiss Meditec will have a new CEO as of December 1. Irishwoman Bronwyn Brophy O Connor will succeed Andreas Pecher, who has been running the company on an interim basis since the beginning of the year.",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}