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Section A – This ONE question is compulsory and MUST be attempted 1 Lysus surgical s was founded 20 years ago by entrepreneur Simon Mara who has been the ’s chief executive s e the outset. orporated as a private , Lysus began by importin all surgical devices such as syringes and bandages, and selling them to hospitals, clinics and medical facilities. But the began to grow rapidly when Mr Mara realised the potential of a growing market in knee and hip joint re cements as the population in many countries was rapidly ageing due to the wider availability of more effective, low cost medicines. Fifteen years ago, he began to manufacture the surgical hip and knee joints used for most joint re cement surgery. As a operating in the surgical s industry, Lysus has always been subject to regulation and must complete compliance reports every year to declare that it is using surgical grade materials for its manufacturing and also that it maintains the requisi evel of hygiene in its processes. These reports are a legal compliance mat nd must be signed by two directors. Lysus surgical s has been a private family (or ‘insider’) throughout its history. Owned jointly by Simon Mara, his wife and brother, Mr Mara owns 51% of the shares, his wife, 20% and his brother 29%. All three are directors of Lysus surgical s. As the grew, they sought to employ members of the extended family as much as possible, partly to provide them with jobs and partly to ‘give a feeling of family’ in the . It was often described as a ‘tight-knit’ culture with family members occupying the senior positions and with few appointments made from outside the to important roles. When the grew to a certain size, Mr Mar