Biography

Mitchell P. Rales is the Chairman of the Enovis Board of Directors. He was a co-founder of the Company (when it was known as Colfax Corporation) and has served as a director of the Company since its founding in 1995. He has served as a member of the board of directors of Danaher Corporation, a global science and technology company, since 1983 and as Chairman of Danaher’s Executive Committee since 1984, and is currently Chairman of the board of directors of ESAB Corporation.  Mr. Rales also served as a member of the board of directors of Fortive Corporation, a diversified industrial growth company that was spun off from Danaher, from 2016 to June 2021. He has been a principal in a number of private business entities with interests in manufacturing companies and publicly traded securities for over 25 years. Mr. Rales was instrumental in the founding of the Company and has played a key leadership role on our Board since that time. He helped create the Danaher Business System, on which the Enovis Growth Excellence (EGX) Business System, is modeled, and has provided critical strategic guidance during the development and growth of the Company.