Welcome to MedTech on Air, a podcast by MedTech Europe, the European Trade Association for the medical technology industry, including diagnostics, medical devices, and digital health.

MedTech on Air is your window into the world of medical technologies.

Listen in as we interview industry experts and shine a light on our sector's valuable contributions

to improve healthcare systems and patients' lives.

My name is Stefania Cordero, and I'm the host of MedTech on Air.

In this episode, we shift the focus back to the EU political cycle for

24 through 29 and the outlook for the medical technology sector in the coming years. Today, I have

the pleasure of welcoming Stuart Silk, newly appointed chairman of the board at MetTech Europe,

and President of Europe, Middle East, Africa, Latin America, and Canada at Stryker.

Stuart, welcome.

We are so pleased to have you on the podcast today.

Thank you, Stephanie.

A pleasure to be here.

So first let me start off by congratulating you on your appointment as Chairman of the Board

at MetTech Europe, which took place a couple of months ago.

It's very fresh.

So this is going to be the first time that our listeners hear from you. Can you introduce yourself

to our listeners and share a bit about your background and your story? Absolutely. Thank you,

Stephanie. It's a pleasure to be here, as I said. My name is Stuart Silk. And before anyone ask where are you from

I always start by saying don't ask me where I'm from

because that's probably one of the worst questions

the only reason I'm saying all this is because I had the privilege

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