Annette Brüls is Corporate Vice President for EMEA, Canada, and Latin America at Edwards Lifesciences, a position she has held since August 2024. She is also the current chair of MedTech Europe’s Cardiovascular Sector Group.
Prior to joining Edwards, Brüls was the CEO of Medela, a leading breast pump brand and medical device manufacturer.
Previously, Brüls held several senior leadership positions at Medtronic including president of the diabetes service and solutions division, general manager of the diabetes western Europe and Canada division and vice president of marketing for cardiac rhythm disease management. She also served as vice president of marketing at Abbott Vascular for the EMEA region.
Brüls has more than 25 years of experience leading diverse teams with a mission-driven approach, coupled with a passion for innovation and technology. She has been named among the Top 50 Technology CEOs (ranked ninth) by The Health Technology Report and Best CEO for 2020, 2021, and 2022 by Comparably. As an advocate for diversity and inclusion, she is personally dedicated to elevating women in the workplace.
Since 2021, Brüls has served on the board of Coloplast, where she is a member of the compensation and nominating committee.
She holds a bachelor’s in engineering and a master’s in electrical engineering from the University of Liège’s Ecole Polytechnique, Belgium and completed additional management courses at Wharton and Harvard Business School.
