The Board of Acarix AB (publ) announced the appointment of Aamir Mahmood as new CEO with immediate effect, starting February 1, 2024. Mr. Mahmood succeeds Acting CEO Fred Colen as well as Helen Ljungdahl Round who has decided not to return to her position later in 2024. Aamir Mahmood has more than twenty years of experience in corporate leadership in the medical device industry with a successful track record of Global commercial roles in cardiovascular device markets, including sales, marketing and strategy functions at LivaNova, Boston Scientific, and Merck.

Aamir presently serves as General Manager/Vice President Americas of MicroPort CRM. MicroPort is an industry leader in the field of pacemakers and other cardiac devices used for diagnosis, treatment and management of heart rhythm disorders and heart failure. Prior to running the Americas for MicroPort, Aamir rotated through two Ex Pat assignments in Europe running Global Sales followed by Global Marketing & Strategy.

Aamir has an MBA and is a member of Young Presidents? Organization (YPO). Aamir succeeds Helen Ljungdahl Round who was appointed CEO of Acarix in January of 2022.

Under Helen?s leadership Acarix established a subsidiary and commercial team in the US market, secured key commercial contracts with the Veterans Affairs Health Administration, published a clinical framework for use of the CADScor System in collaboration with the American College of Cardiology (ACC), and raised growth capital from a broad base of investors to enable further market expansion. Aamir Mahmood assumed the CEO position on February 1, 2024.