Elga Lohler - Smith Nephew Chief Human Resource Officer

Ms. Elga Lohler is Chief Human Resource Officer of the Company. She joined Smith Nephew in January 2002 as Director of HR and has since held progressively senior positions in Wound Management, Operations, Corporationrationrate Functions and Group. Elga became Chief Human Resources Officer in December 2015 and leads the Global Human Resources, Internal Communication and Sustainability Functions. Elga is based in Fort Worth, US. Skills and Experience Elga has more than 25 years Human Resources experience. Prior to joining Smith Nephew, Elga held Human Resources roles at Transnet, Sensormatic and Advanced Tissue Sciences, which was acquired by Smith Nephew in 2002. Through these roles, Elga has developed deep expertise in strategy planning and development, organisational design and effectiveness, restructuring and integration and transformational change in support of business objectives. In her current roles, Elga is responsible for driving Smith Nephews human capital strategy across the enterprise in support of the company overall business plan and strategic direction. Elga holds an undergraduate degree in Psychology and a Masters degree in Organizational Psychology, both from the University of Witwatersrand in South Africa. since 2015.