LivaNova PLC announced Peter Wilver has been elected to the Board of Directors, effective immediately. His election was part of the LivaNova 2022 Annual General Meeting of Shareholders held on June 13. Wilver joins the LivaNova Board with more than 30 years of business experience.

He retired from Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., a provider of laboratory products and services, in 2017 after serving as the company's Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer since 2015, as well as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer from 2006-2015. He served as Thermo Electron's Vice President and Chief Financial Officer from 2004-2006, having previously been Vice President, Financial Operations from 2000-2004. Throughout his career, he held financial leadership roles at Honeywell International, Grimes Aerospace Company and General Electric Company.

Other public company directorships in the past five years include Evoqua Water Technologies Corporation (current), Shoals Technology Group (current), CIRCOR International Inc. and Tenet Healthcare Corporation. Wilver joins eight other professionals who were re-elected to their Board seats.