PEOPLE - Changes at St Jude Medical (US):
This article was originally published in Clinica
Executive Summary
St Jude Medical's (Minneapolis, Minnesota) long-serving chairman Ronald Matricaria has retired as chairman and from the board. He has been replaced by CEO Terry Shepherd, who joined the company in 1994 as president of the heart valve division. Mr Matricaria, who has over 31 years of industry experience, has joined the board of medical technology company CardioDynamics (San Diego, California). CardioDynamics has also announced the appointment of ResMed founder, chairman, president and CEO Peter Farrell to the board.
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