Leadership Bio
Aurelio Sahagun is the President of MicroPort Orthopedics Inc. and the Chairperson of Microport Scientific’s Intercontinental Orthopedic Committee. Following the asset purchase of Wright Medical Technology's OrthoRecon Business in January, 2014, he served as MicroPort Orthopedics International Business Vice President, and subsequently served as the COO of the company prior to his current position. Aurelio began serving as Vice President of Wright's Europe, Middle-East and Africa (EMEA) Commercial Operations in May, 2011, and had previously served as Vice President of Sales for the region since April, 2010. He joined Wright in early 2006 as Director of Finance and Operations in France, and served as both Director of Finance-EMEA and Vice President of Finance-EMEA prior to the positions above. Prior to joining Wright, Aurelio worked for Medtronic, where he provided senior financial support to the company's Spine business across Europe. He began his career in Spain, where he held several finance and business management positions in banking and distribution organizations with increased responsibilities covering Spain, Portugal, and Latin-America. Aurelio holds a bachelor's degree in Economics from UAM (Autonomous University of Madrid, Spain), an MBA degree from HEC (Paris, France) and has followed additional Executive Education programs at Stanford Graduate School of Business and Harvard Business School.