Our leaders
Our board of directors and executive leadership team are guided by Our credo and are passionate about helping patients and meeting the needs of all of our stakeholders. These executives serve as leaders not only for our employees, but also for the medical device industry and our global communities.
Executive leadership team
Updated August 2018. Please click on picture or name to see a short bio.

Michael A. Mussallem
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

Todd J. Brinton, M.D., F.A.C.C.
Corporate Vice President,
Advanced Technology
Chief Scientific Officer

Dirksen J. Lehman
Corporate Vice President,
Public Affairs

Christine Z. McCauley
Corporate Vice President,
Human Resources

Joseph Nuzzolese
Corporate Vice President,
Global Supply Chain

Scott B. Ullem
Corporate Vice President,
Chief Financial Officer

Arnold A. Pinkston
Corporate Vice President,
General Counsel

Bernard J. Zovighian
Corporate Vice President,
Transcatheter Mitral and Tricuspid Therapies

Donald E. Bobo, Jr.
Corporate Vice President,
Strategy & Corporate
Development

Daveen Chopra
Corporate Vice President,
Surgical Structural Heart

Jean-Luc Lemercier
Corporate Vice President,
EMEA, Canada and Latin America

Gary I. Sorsher
Vice President,
Quality and Regulatory Compliance

Katie M. Szyman
Corporate Vice President,
Critical Care

Huimin Wang, M.D.
Corporate Vice President,
Japan, Asia and Pacific

Larry L. Wood
Corporate Vice President,
Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement