Meet The Team

MedWorld Advisors is a unique company comprised of expert M&A professionals, from Advisors and M&A lawyers to past CEOs who have grown and sold companies as well as key executives in Fortune 500 Companies.

This dynamic team is perfectly balanced with backgrounds in M&A, Finance, Strategic Marketing, Strategic Alliances, and R&D with a proven track record of generating growth in both the US and in global environments. There is also a Medical Doctor on board.

Our combined network is a key component of our success.

 
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Florence Joffroy-Black

CEO, President, Founder

  • Medical Device Marketing Executive with expertise in international markets Arena for more than 25 years.

  • Born in France and now living in the U.S., she truly has a global presence, knowledge, and insight.

  • Global Vice President and Global Director of Strategic Marketing, for Corporations big and small, Public and Private ( including Private Equity-Backed) such as Draeger Medical, Itamar Medical, Beaver Visitec International

  • Marketing Expert/Consultant for corporations such as HP Medical, Tyco Electronics, and TRW.

  • Double Master Degree in both Marketing and Finance.

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Dave Sheppard

Managing Director, Co-Founder

  • Leader in the Medical Device Industry for more than 30 years.

  • President, GM, and VP roles for Companies of Various Size including Covidien 

  • Work at start-up organizations (including working pre-IPO on a successful IPO company)

  • Completed distribution and licensing deals with over 150 international businesses in 28 countries, comprising of Major Fortune 500 companies (i.e. GE, Philips, Siemens, etc.) as well as smaller entities.

  • A global network of contacts with channel partners, large and small.

  • M&A – Sell-side & Buy-side for over 20 years

  • Successfully obtained EBIT growth thru successful M&A activities.

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David Cheung

Managing Director, Asia

  • Over 20 years of Medical Device, MedTech experience in Asia Pacific.

  • OEM relationship Experts in Asia Pacific with relationships with Large and small companies.

  • Educated in Great Britain. Fluent in Chinese.

  • Director and Founder - Girton Global Services Co, LTD - Hong Kong

  • Formerly with Excelitas Technologies and Covidien (now Medtronic)

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Daniel Sheppard

Managing Director

  • Managing Director and leading advisor in the Medical Device, Medical Manufacturing, and Digital Health industries

  • Certified M&A advisor through the Alliance of Mergers and Acquisitions Advisors

  • Has extensive experience in sell-side advisory, buyer outreach, due diligence, transaction negotiations, and acquisition implementation.

  • Background in financial analysis and modeling, project management, and healthcare consulting that provide an extensive breadth of knowledge to implement and execute successful process strategies.

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Tom Wilmering

Technology Advisor

  • Former VP of R&D at Medtronic

  • Has worked in the Medical Device field since the late ’70s.

  • Tom has owned tool and die shops, led development teams for fortune 500 Med Device companies as well as startups, and currently helps small to medium-sized medical device manufacturers create designs that are of high quality due to an intense focus on manufacturability, and helps establish supply chains for those devices.

  • Tom’s fundamental love of medical device technology, coupled with hands-on expertise in a range of technologies from plastic part design to software and hardware for embedded systems has led to proven success in a startup, turnaround, and large company environments.

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Florence Henry-Leroux

Managing Director, M&A Europe

  • International healthcare executive with Pharma & MedTech experience in the US, Europe, and Latin America

  • Well-rounded expertise in Strategy, Commercialization, Portfolio & Brand Management, Medical Marketing, Sales & Training, Business Development

  • Worked with Lilly, Sanofi-aventis, Vifor Pharma, Havas Healthcare, Covidien / Medtronic and acquired Somanetics, Aspect Medical, Oridion

  • Structured & operationalized in-licensing and acquisition deals for Big Pharma and MedTech. Launched 10+ products in primary, secondary, and hospital care settings

  • Fluent in French, English, German. Proficient in Spanish and Swiss German

  • French & Swiss citizen based in Zürich, Switzerland since 13 years after 9 years in the US

 
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Wissam Abousleiman

International Accounting Advisor​​

  • Managing Director of Abousleiman & Co.

  • MBA Lebanese American University

  • Lectured at the Kafa’at University for two years.

  • Works with the following named entities across the spectrum, from public, private & non-for-profit sectors:

    • Government agencies - Part of Beirut, Council of the South, Center for Educational Research & Development.

    • Financial institutions - MEAB Bank, Lebanese Credit Insurer

    • International donors - World Bank, UN, EU, Danida, USAID

    • Multinationals - Thompson Reuters, GSK, Booz Allen Hamilton, Sabis International

  • Actively led complex assignments:

    • Audit & assurance

    • Business valuation & restructuring

    • M&A deals & tax planning for cross-border structures & transactions.

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Jim Cavanaugh

Managing Director

  • Over 20 years in Medical Device Industry working for large, mid-size, turnarounds, public and private corporations.

  • Held various roles leading Strategy, Product Management, Marketing, and Sales, most recently as a Global VP and Business Unit Leader.

  • Worked on BD opportunities, Due Diligence, and Acquisitions of mid-size and small businesses.

  • Specializing in Value Creation with Products and Services starting with Strategy and driving through Product Development and Commercialization.

Ryan Stellar

Digital Health Technical Advisor

  • 15+ years of Medical Device & Digital Health experience.

  • Tech startup VP & Director of Product and Customer Operations.

  • Early executive at 2 startups that successfully exited.

  • Ryan has personally brought 10+ regulated products to market and consulted on 45+ others; including Digital Therapeutics and AI based products.

  • Marketing and Product experience at Medtronic managing a $313M portfolio.

  • Former Medtronic Certified Cardiac Device Specialist (CCDS) having supported nearly 1,000 implant procedures at leading Boston hospitals

  • Ryan founded a Class II medical device company that completed clinical trials at NYU, was granted patents, and applied for 510k clearance.

  • B.E. of Biomedical Engineering with graduate work in Systems Engineering from Stevens Institute of Technology. Additional courses in Marketing Strategy from Wharton Executive Education.


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Scott Hayden

Global Cross Border M&A

  • 26 years in the Medical Device Industry. This includes working with over half of the top 50 Medical Device OEMs.

  • Worked in all facets of the industry, from product design, business development, sales leadership, and most recently CEO.

  • Successfully planned and executed an exit strategy for an OEM Company with manufacturing facilities in Shenzhen China aimed at maximizing the return for the Private Equity owners. 

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Balthasar Wicki

M&A Switzerland

  • Specialties: M&A, family-owned companies, corporate legal issues, international market development, innovation management, social media, competition of the 21st Century.

  • Legal and strategic support for internationally active SME (small and medium enterprises) - liquidity crisis management, integration, M&A, acquisitions, etc.

  • Based in Zurich but works with all European countries.  

  • Lived and worked in India and China. ​

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Ramanand Mundkur

M&A India

  • M&A lawyer since 1994, based in Bangalore India.

  • Over 60 M&A transactions, development, and licensing transactions in the last nine years.​​​

  • Deal size varies in size from US$ 0.5 million (angel and seed investments) to private equity and strategic investments in the US$ 100 million range.

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Shai Kuttner

M&A Netherlands, M&A Israel

  • Extensive experience in cross-border transactions, IPO’s and multinational tax structuring and restructuring both mainly in Israel, the Netherlands, and the United States.

  • Has close ties with listed companies in Israel and the United States and with large private companies and investors operating in a number of sectors including high-tech and medical equipment, various industries, and immovable property.

  • Shai speaks fluent Hebrew and English, and he is a member of the New York Bar Association and the Israeli Bar Association. ​

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Joe Hage

Medical Marketing Communications

  • Leader of the Medical Devices Group, the world's largest medical device community (over 300,000 members)

  • Host of the annual 10x Medical Device Conference (http://MedicalDeviceEvents.com)

  • Medical device marketer specializing in marketing communications and strategy, lead generation, and website development for medical device and related companies.

Michael Gentile

Consulting Partner

  • MBA, RRT, FAARC, FCCM

  • Involved with Respiratory, Cardiovascular, and Critical Care for 30 years.

  • Has been awarded fellowships from the American Association for Respiratory Care and American College of Critical Care Medicine.

  • Authored over 100 peer-reviewed publications.

  • Involved in the development, submission, teaching, testing, marketing, and launch of multiple drugs and medical devices.

Jim Fidacaro

Consulting Partner

  • Seasoned global executive with over 25 years of experience including Board advisement, SVP, and GM positions at Philips, Mindray, and venture capital backed startups.

  • President of Fidventures, a boutique strategic advisement, M&A, and portfolio management company.

  • Extensive experience in P&L leadership, fundraising, and navigating startup ventures and Fortune 500 companies.

  • Specialize in strategic executive leadership, M&A, market expansion and brand leadership, innovation processes, optimizing operations, regulatory affairs, and international expansion in healthcare informatics, digital health, AI, and medical devices.

  • Inventor with seven issued patents and five commercially successful platforms.

  • Graduated with a Master of Business Administration (MBA) in Finance from Seton Hall University, W. Paul Stillman School of Business, and Bachelor of Science (BS) in Electrical Engineering from Widener University.

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Kenji Kuroda

Owner, Kuroda Law Offices / Kuroda Patent Offices – Tokyo

  • Kuroda Law Offices is a full-service law firm, founded in 1995 with offices in Tokyo, Shanghai, and Taipei.

  • Their affiliate, KLO Investment Consulting (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., is located in Shanghai, with branches in Guangzhou and Beijing.

  • Their focus is intellectual property litigation including Japanese and foreign patents, international business matters such as direct investment and finance projects, and mergers and acquisitions both domestic and abroad.

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David Ataide

Global, Cross Border M&A ​​

  • Over 30 years experience, an accomplished global healthcare executive with core expertise in:

    • M&A 

    • General management

    • Marketing

    • Channels of distribution

    • Services and business development

  • Domain expertise in a wide variety of medical device, imaging, and healthcare I.T. markets

  • Worked in key leadership positions at HP Medical, Philips, GE Healthcare.