Mr. Martha is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Medtronic. He assumed the role of CEO in 2020 and became Chairman later that year. He served as President of Medtronic from 2019 to 2020 and joined the Board of Directors in 2019. Previously, Mr. Martha served as Executive Vice President and President, Restorative Therapies Group since 2015. He was Senior Vice President of Strategy and Business Development of both Medtronic plc (since 2015) and Medtronic, Inc. (since 2011). Prior thereto, he was Managing Director of Business Development at GE Healthcare from 2007 to 2011; General Manager for GE Capital Technology Finance Services from 2003 to 2007; Senior Vice President, Business Development for GE Capital Vendor Financial Services from 2002 to 2003; General Manager for GE Capital Colonial Pacific Leasing from 2001 to 2002; and Vice President, Business Development for Potomac Federal, the GE Capital federal financing investment bank, from 1998 to 2001. Mr. Martha is an active member of the global business community, sitting on the Business Roundtable and the World Economic Forum s International Business Council, as well as serving on the Board of Directors for the U.S.-China Business Council and as Treasurer for AdvaMed. He is also a member of the Board of Trustees for the Asia Society, and President of the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors for the Minnesota Business Partnership.