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Agfa-Gevaert New head of healthcare IT to strengthen and grow the company's global market position
Mortsel, Belgium - July 23, 2008 - 4:00 p.m. CET
Agfa HealthCare, a leading provider of IT-enabled clinical workflow and diagnostic imaging solutions, announces today that it has hired Dr. Volker Wetekam as its new Executive Vice President for its global HealthCare IT division. Dr. Wetekam will head up an operation of around 3.000 staff members and report directly to Christian Reinaudo, President of Agfa HealthCare. He will take up his new position on September 15th, 2008.
In his new role, Volker Wetekam will define and implement the overall strategic positioning and roadmap for Agfa HealthCare's IT division, which manages both the company's Imaging Informatics and its Enterprise IT business, covering solutions from Picture Archiving and Communications Systems (PACS) over Cardiovascular Information Systems (CVIS) to Hospital and Clinical Information Systems (HIS/CIS). He will be responsible for driving the division's overall profitable growth. Dr. Wetekam will also become a permanent member of the HealthCare organization's Executive Committee.
Volker Wetekam has been the Head of Siemens Medical Solutions' Managed Services, Turnkey, eHealth, and Consulting business in Healthcare since October, 2004. Additionally, he has been responsible for the Siemens Medical Solutions Corporate CRM activities in the Healthcare sector. Prior to this position, from September 2003 onward, he headed up the company's global IT Marketing organization out of Philadelphia, USA. Volker Wetekam joined Siemens Medical Solutions in 1994 and has held a number of key positions within the company, including heading up its Consulting & Managed Healthcare Services, and as General Manager of the German Health Services (Imaging & Enterprise IT) organization. Dr. Wetekam holds a post-graduate degree in Computer Sciences from the European Business School in Frankfurt/Main and a PhD from the University of Leipzig, Germany.
"We are extremely pleased to have attracted such talent to our organization", states Christian Reinaudo, President of Agfa HealthCare. "His years of experience in the healthcare IT sector, and extensive understanding of its challenges and opportunities, will further support our company's transformation to a fully fledged healthcare IT provider."
"Agfa HealthCare has been a pioneering player on the PACS market since the early 1990's and a major player in healthcare IT since that time. Over the years I have watched the company evolve from an analogue based business to becoming a leading global healthcare IT vendor." states Dr. Volker Wetekam. "Taking on the challenge of further strengthening and expanding the company's leading market position in healthcare IT will be a key priority for me in the years to come, and an opportunity I look forward to."
Agfa HealthCare is a global Imaging Informatics leader with over 2.000 PACS, Radiology Information System (RIS) and Cardiovascular Information System (CVIS) installations worldwide and a European healthcare Enterprise IT leader with solutions installed in 1.200 European hospitals and 1.000 laboratories.
Dr. Volker Wetekam will be based both in Mortsel, Belgium, at Agfa HealthCare's global headquarters and in Bonn, Germany, at Agfa HealthCare's largest IT site.
Johan Jacobs Corporate Press Relations Manager Agfa-Gevaert NV T +32 (0)3 444 80 15 johan.jacobs@agfa.com
Frederique Depraetere Global PR Manager Agfa HealthCare T +32 (0)3 444 80 06 frederique.depraetere@agfa.com
