SuperSonic Imagine Appoints Philippe Lutman as Executive Vice President and Chief Customer Fulfilment Officer

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SuperSonic Imagine (Paris:SSI) (Euronext: SSI, FR0010526814), a company specializing in ultrasound medical imaging, today announced the appointment of Philippe Lutman as Executive Vice President and Chief Customer Fulfilment Officer. Mr. Lutman, who has over 25 years of top management and entrepreneurship experience in high-technology industries, including medical devices, telecom and digital media sectors, replaces Bradley Garrett, who is retiring.

"On behalf of the management team, I wish to thank Brad for his exceptional service and contributions through the years. He played a key role in executing our mission to bring breakthrough non-invasive ultrasound technology addressing major worldwide health concerns to the market. We wish Brad a wonderful retirement and of course, welcome Philippe, whose deep experience in change management and industrial operations will be a welcome addition as we prepare for the next phase of growth,” commented Tom Egelund, President and Chief Executive Officer of SuperSonic Imagine.

Prior joining SuperSonic Imagine, Mr. Lutman held senior managerial positions across a variety of industries which incorporated research & development, industrial operations, marketing strategy as well as profit & loss management. Most recently, Mr. Lutman was Chief Operating Officer of Sopro, a division of Acteon group, specialized in dental imaging systems. Prior to joining Acteon, he was Executive Director at Vodasystems, an information technology and telecommunications provider. He also contributed to the growth of start-ups such as Sybase 365 and Medialive. In the first part of his career, Mr. Lutman led operations and marketing for large companies including Cap Gemini and Gemalto. Mr Lutman has an MBA in Change Management and Innovation from Aix-Marseille Graduate School of Management in France.

"I’m excited by the opportunity to join a true innovators’ team in the field of ultrasound and look forward to helping the company implement the industrial transition necessary to achieve its growth objectives for the next several years,” commented Philippe Lutman, Executive Vice President and Chief Customer Fulfilment Officer of SuperSonic Imagine.

About SuperSonic Imagine
Founded in 2005 and based in Aix-en-Provence (France), SuperSonic Imagine is a company specializing in medical imaging. The company designs, develops and markets a revolutionary ultrasound system, Aixplorer^®, with an UltraFast™ platform that can acquire images 200 times faster than conventional ultrasound systems. Aixplorer^® is the only system that can image two types of waves: ultrasound waves ensure excellent image quality and shear waves, which allow physicians to visualize and analyze the stiffness of tissue in a real-time, reliable, reproducible and non-invasive manner. This innovation, ShearWave™ Elastography, significantly improves the detection and characterization of numerous pathologies in several applications including breast, thyroid, liver and prostate. SuperSonic Imagine has been granted regulatory clearances for the commercialization of Aixplorer^® in the main global markets. Over the past years, SuperSonic Imagine enjoyed the backing of several prestigious investors, among which Auriga Partners, Edmond de Rothschild Investment Partners, Bpifrance, Omnes Capital and NBGI.

For more information about SuperSonic Imagine, please go to www.supersonicimagine.com

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