Business movers: People starting new jobs in Ireland

New appointees with Signum Surgical, Passive House Systems, Kepak Group, DLA Piper, Respond and SYS Financial

New roles: (top row) Carol Burns, Jack Mendes, Rebecca Thomson; (bottom row) Chris Jessup, Aoife Watters, Aileen Delaney.

Here is a selection of people starting new roles with Signum Surgical, Passive House Systems, Kepak Group, DLA Piper, Respond and SYS Financial.

Carol Burns has been appointed as CEO of medtech company Signum Surgical, an innovator in solutions to treat colorectal diseases. Carol brings 25 years’ experience in founding, leading and commercialising innovative therapies, including serration angioplasty, endovascular abdominal aortic aneurysm, and endoscopic vein harvesting. She co-founded and was CEO of both Cagent Vascular and Intact Vascular. She has also held lead roles at Embrella Cardiovascular (acquired by Edwards Lifesciences), Animas (acquired by Johnson & Johnson), Ventrica (acquired by Medtronic) and Guidant Corporation. Signum is set to commercialise BioHealx, a medical device for the treatment of anal fistula, which affects one in 5,000 people worldwide.