Prosurgics appoints new CFO

Prosurgics, the UK-based image-guided surgical robotics company, has appointed a new chief financial officer (CFO), it has been announced.

Douglas Le Fort had previously been working as head of finance at Abbott Laboratories and he is now set to join what he described as a “strong” management team at Prosurgics.

In addition to Abbot Laboratories, Mr Le Fort has also held senior financial management posts at SC Johnson & Son and the Chiron Corporation, where he was in full charge of the company’s European operations.

“Douglas brings a breadth of technical and commercial experience and valuable strategic insight,” said Paul Moraviec, chief executive of Prosurgics.

“With him, our accounting, financial planning, treasury and investor relations reporting will be in excellent hands,” he added.

Last month, Prosurgics announced that it had named as its international sales director Frank Gehres, who had also previously been part of the management team at Abbott Laboratories.