Turkish lawyer Cankat Simsek, the former Senior Counsel at Vertiv, has joined Stryker as Regional Counsel covering CEE and Turkey.
Stryker is a Fortune 500 medical technologies firm. The company's products include implants used in joint replacement and trauma surgeries; surgical equipment and surgical navigation systems; endoscopic and communications systems; patient handling and emergency medical equipment; neurosurgical, and neurovascular and spinal devices.
Simsek is a 2007 graduate of Ankara University. Before joining Stryker he spent over a year in-house with Gocay Insaat, two and a half years with Cigdemtekin Dora Aranci, over a year with ELIG, three and a half years in-house with Emerson, and three and a half years with Vertiv.
Simsek reports that he joined Stryker as "a new challenge in a totally different sector and ... a very important experience for me to grow.”