Michael Minogue - ABIOMED Chairman

Mr. Michael R. Minogue is the Chairman of the Board, President, Chief Executive Officer of Abiomed, Inc. He has served as our Chief Executive Officer, President and a director since April 2004. In June 2005, he was appointed Chairman of our Board of Directors. Prior to joining us, Mr. Minogue had a twelveyear career at General Electric, or GE. Most recently, Mr. Minogue was Vice President and General Manager of Americas Sales and Marketing for GE Medical Systems Information Technology. From 1997 to 2004, Mr. Minogue held various positions at GE, including General Manager for the Global Positron Emission Technology Business, General Manager, Americas Cardiology IT Sales and General Manager, Global Installed Base. Prior to joining GE, Mr. Minogue served on active duty for four years as an infantry officer in the U.S. Army and received multiple awards. Mr. Minogue received his BS in Engineering Management from the United States Military Academy at West Point and his MBA from the University of Chicago. Mr. Minogue currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Advanced Medical Technology Association and also serves as a Manager on the Board of Managers of Bioventus LLC, a strategic partnership between EW Healthcare Partners and Smith Nephew plc, a global medical technology business based in the United Kingdom. Mr. Minogue is also the Chair of the Board of Directors of the Medical Device Innovation Consortium, a publicprivate partnership created with the objective of advancing medical device regulatory science, and a member of the Board of Directors of Insulet Corporationrationration, a medical device company focused on advancing the treatment of diabetes and other conditions through the use of a proprietary insulin pump. He was formerly on the Board of Directors of LifeCell Corporationrationration, which was acquired by Kinetic Concepts, Inc. in May 2008. since 2005.