---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001564590-21-048661"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "OFIX"
cik: "0000884624"
company_name: "Orthofix Medical Inc."
filed_at: "2021-09-23T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-29T01:55:30.545882+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Orthofix appoints Wayne Burris to Board of Directors

## Summary
- Wayne C. Burris appointed to Board effective Sept 22, 2021; serves on Audit & Finance Committee.
- Burris was SVP and CFO at Roche Diagnostics until 2019; over 35 years in diagnostics, pharma, orthopedics.
- Granted options to acquire 22,184 common shares vesting in 1/4 increments over four years.
- Board expanded from seven to eight directors; Burris is independent under Nasdaq rules.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001564590-21-048661
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: OFIX
- cik: 0000884624
- company_name: Orthofix Medical Inc.
- filed_at: 2021-09-23T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/884624/000156459021048661/0001564590-21-048661-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/884624/000156459021048661/ofix-8k_20210922.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001564590-21-048661
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001564590-21-048661.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001564590-21-048661.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Wayne C. Burris was appointed as Director at Orthofix Medical Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: Effective as of September 22, 2021, the Board of Directors (the “ Board ”) of Orthofix Medical Inc. (the “ Company ”), consistent with a recommendation made by the Board’s Nominating and Governance Committee, has appointed Wayne C. Burris as a director.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/884624/000156459021048661/0001564590-21-048661-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.