Group Management

Chuck Witkowski

CEO & President 

Joined Permobil: November 2019

Professional Background: President Permobil Americas 2019-2025. Corporate vice-president and global general manager at Hillrom, a mission-driven medical device company. Prior to Hillrom, founding president and CEO of Hubble Telemedical. Previous experience from building and leading medical device-, healthcare services- and life science- businesses. 

Education: Economic degree, University of Montana and an MBA, the Haslam School of Business at the University of Tennessee.

 

Bruce Boulanger

President Permobil APAC 

Joined Permobil: May 2017 

Professional Background: Director Global Commercial Effectiveness and Country General Manager China at Urgo, Global Sales Force Effectiveness at Abbott, Solvay Pharma and Fournier Pharma.

Education: B.Sc. Physics and Human Physiology, University of Toronto.

 

Mark Elliott

Executive Vice President Quality & Regulatory 

Joined Permobil: September 2022

Professional Background: Mark most recently served as Vice President, Quality for Permobil’s Americas region. Previously he held various leadership roles in Quality, Regulatory and Engineering at MedTech companies specializing in diagnosis, monitoring and treatment of cardiovascular disease.

Education: B.Sc. in biomedical engineering from Marquette University and a MBA from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.

 

Marika Isberg

Executive Vice President Group Legal & Risk and Group General Counsel

Joined Permobil: March 2023

Professional Background: EVP General Counsel at BioGaia, Head of Legal at Arla Foods in Sweden and Finland and started her career at Vinge law firm.

Education: Master of Laws and LL.M, and BSc Accounting from Lund University.

 

Peter Jidesjö

Executive Vice President Global Connected Solutions

Joined Permobil: May 2018

Professional Background: Vice President Services & Original Parts at DeLaval and Supply Chain Manager at Munters.

Education: M.Sc. in Industrial Engineering and Management, Linköping University.

 

Markus Mauer

President Permobil EMEA 

Joined Permobil: May 2019

Professional Background: Global VP Sales & Marketing at Natus Medical, VP Sales & Marketing EMEA at Spacelabs Healthcare, various positions within country and EMEA sales, marketing and general management at Ambu A/S.

Education: Diploma in Physics from Johannes-Gutenburg University, Mainz and completed a senior executive leadership program at the London Business School.

 

Charlotta Nyberg

CFO

Joined Permobil: November 2021

Professional Background: Vice President for Corporate Control at Telia. Leadership positions in Ericsson, Business Sweden and 10 years at Accenture.

Education: M.Sc. in Industrial Engineering and Management at the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Stockholm.

 

Emma Qvist

Executive Vice President Group People & Culture

Joined Permobil: July 2020

Professional Background: VP HR for Permobil EMEA; global and regional leadership roles at Nouryon and AkzoNobel.

Education: Masters in Business Administration and Management, and Bachelors degree in HR Management, Stockholm University.

 

Catharina Tunberg

Executive Vice President Product Innovation

Joined Permobil: February 2022

Professional Background: Chief Technology Officer for the Global Solutions Division at ASSA ABLOY; various senior management positions within R&D, sales, marketing, business & strategy development at ASSA ABLOY and Ericsson. 

Education: M.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering at the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Stockholm.

 

Todd Walling

President Permobil Americas

Joined Permobil: December 2007

Professional Background: Distinguished career in Permobil, including 10 years as Senior Vice President Sales, Permobil Americas. Various roles at The MED Group, concluding as Rehab Product Manager.

Education: B.Sc. in Biology from Texas Tech University.