The Invacare Board provides tenured leadership, insights and guidance to help steer Invacare to even greater heights on the basis of the Company's solid market position.
Mr. Rosen is the Co-Founder of Resilience Capital Partners and serves as its Chairman. He serves as Chairman of the Advisory Board of Gammite Ventures, a venture capital firm. Mr. Rosen serves as the Manager of Azurite Management LLC, a private investment firm focused on investing primarily in publicly traded U.S. companies.
Mr. Rosen serves as a director of Park-Ohio Holdings Corp. (NASDAQ: PKOH), Crawford United Corporation (OTC: CRAWA) and AmFin Financial Corporation (OTC: ANFL). Mr. Rosen also serves on the boards of directors of several holding companies in which the Resilience Funds are invested, including Thermal Products Solutions, Inc., Epic Fairgrave, Inc. (fka Flex Jet Holdings I, Inc. and Fairgrave Omlie, LLC), Hynes Industries, Inc., LKD Aerospace, LLC, Innovatus Imaging Corporation, Arlington Valley Farms, LLC, and SIMCOM Aviation Training.
Mr. Rosen holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Maryland and an MBA from the Weatherhead School of Management at Case Western Reserve University. He is a member of many professional organizations, including the Ohio Chapter of the Turnaround Management Association and the Cleveland chapter of the Young Presidents Organization.
Mr. Purtill has served as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company since November 2022. Prior to that, Mr. Purtill served as interim President and CEO since August 2022. Previously, he served as the Senior Vice President and General Manager of the Company's European and Asia Pacific businesses since November 2021 and as Head of Global Strategy since September 2021. Previously, Mr. Purtill served as Vice President and General Manager of Asia Pacific since joining the Company in 2010.
Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Purtill held various leadership roles in sales, category management and supply chain at Johnson & Johnson and Nestle. He was in the Australian Army for 14 years, where he started as an Electronics Technician and left as a Captain in the Intelligence Corps.
Mr. Purtill holds an MBA (Exec) from the Australian Graduated School of Management.
Mr. Edgar has served as President & Chief Executive Officer of A.M. Castle & Co. (“Castle”), a leading provider of metals, services, and supply chain solutions with more than 20 locations throughout North America, Europe and Asia, since 2020. He previously held positions of increasing responsibility at Castle covering all aspects of its business, including Vice-President, General Counsel & Secretary (2014-2015), Executive Vice-President, General Counsel, Secretary, & Chief Administrative Officer (2015-2018), and President (2018-2020).
Between 2004 and 2014, Mr. Edgar held positions of increasing responsibility in the legal department of Gardner Denver, Inc., a global manufacturer of industrial pumps, compressors and blowers, culminating as the Assistant General Counsel & Chief Compliance Officer. During his tenure at Gardner Denver Inc., the company was publicly traded on the NYSE and privately owned by private equity giant Kohlberg Kravis Roberts.
Mr. Han is Managing Director of GLC Advisors & Co., LLC (“GLC”), an independent financial advisory firm which he co-founded in 2009.
Prior to co-founding GLC, Mr. Han was a Principal at GLC Investment Advisors where he primarily focused on distressed investing. Mr. Han was also an Executive Director in UBS’ Restructuring and Leveraged Finance Groups. Prior to joining UBS, Mr. Han was the Steel Division Manager for Hyundai Corp. (USA).
Mr. Han holds an MBA from Northwestern University and a BA degree from Rutgers University. He successfully completed the following FINRA Administered Qualification Examination: Series 7, 24, 63. Mr. Han currently serves on the Board of Trustees of Saddle River Day School.
Mr. Kuipers has served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Omnicell Inc., a global healthcare technology leader in medication management automation solutions and advanced services since August 2015. He is responsible for the financial planning and operations function, and leads the global supply chain, information technology, international commercial, corporate development, and M&A teams at Omnicell.
Prior to Omnicell, Mr. Kuipers served in various financial management positions, including Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Quantcast Corp., Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of The Weather Company, and Vice President, Finance for the Americas region, at Yahoo! Inc. Mr. Kuipers also previously held financial leadership roles at Altera Corporation, General Electric Company, and Akzo Nobel N.V. He has more than 25 years of financial leadership experience.
Mr. Kuipers started his career with Ernst & Young and worked in both the Netherlands and Seattle, Washington and is a Chartered Accountant in the Netherlands. Mr. Kuipers holds a Master’s Degree in Economics and Business Administration from the Maastricht University School of Business and Economics in the Netherlands.
Ms. Lody has served since February 2022 as non-executive Director of Convatec Group, a $2 billion medical products and technologies company listed on the London Stock Exchange and based in Reading, Berkshire, England.
Since February 2023, Ms. Lody has served as non-executive Director of Ball Ventures, a privately held diversified investment and operating company based in Idaho Falls, Idaho. Since May 1, 2023, Ms. Lody has served as non-executive Director of Mozarc Medical, a privately held company formed by Medtronic (NYSE: MDT) and DaVita (NYSE: DVA).
From May 2014 to January 2019, Ms. Lody served as a non-executive Director of Sonida Senior Living (“Sonida”), where she was the Chair of the Compensation Committee and served on the Nominating and Governance Committee. From January 2019 until her retirement in September 2022, Ms. Lody served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Sonida, while continuing to serve as a director on the Audit, Nominating & Governance Committee and Compensation Committee of Sonida’s board.
Prior to joining Sonida, Ms. Lody was employed as President of GN Hearing North America, a subsidiary of GN Store Nord, a public company listed on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange. Prior to GN Hearing, Ms. Lody served as VP Marketing and then President, US Chronic Care at Coloplast; as Chief Operating Officer of Senior Home Care; as Chief Marketing Officer of Gentiva Health Services; and as VP Managed Care Programs for Apria Healthcare.
Ms. Lody holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Business with a minor in Political Science from Hiram College and a Master of Business Administration with concentration in finance from Wake Forest University.
Committee:
Compensation, Nominating and Governance Committee (Chair)
Mr. Owen served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Global Medical Response, an industry-leading air, ground, specialty and residential fire services and managed medical transportation organization from March 2018 until his retirement in November 2022.
From July 1999 to March 2018, he served as President of Ambulatory Services, Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President of Envision Healthcare Corporation, a publicly held healthcare company and national emergency services provider, and its predecessor companies including AMR and EmCare. He was appointed Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of AMR in March 2003. He joined EmCare in July 1999 and served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer from June 2001 to March 2003. Mr. Owen has more than 35 years of experience in the healthcare industry.
Before joining EmCare, Mr. Owen was Vice President of Group Financial Operations for PhyCor, Inc. from 1995 to 1999. Mr. Owen has served on the board of directors FirstCash Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: FCFS) since 2009, a leading international operator of pawn stores and provider of technology-driven point-of-sale payment solutions, serving cash and credit-constrained consumers, and serves as chair of its nominating and corporate governance committee and as a member of its audit committee.
Committee:
Audit Committee
Corporate Governance Based on new best practices and input from shareholders, Invacare continues to make enhancements to corporate governance.
Environmental, Social & Governance A movement towards sustainability is taking shape. It is evident globally in the manufacturing facilities and offices.
Financial Information Invacare's steadfast commitment to improving lives is reflected in its financial gains and updated resources.
Invacare Worldwide
Invacare Corporation is the global leader in the home and long-term care medical equipment industries. Invacare’s products help people throughout the world live life better.