Lawrence C Best

Mr. Best is Executive Vice President -- Finance & Administration and Chief Financial Officer of Boston Scientific Corporation and has held those positions since August 1992. From 1981 to 1992, Mr. Best served as Senior Partner with Ernst & Young. From 1979 to 1981, Mr. Best served as a Professional Accounting Fellow in the Office of the Chief Accountant at the Securities and Exchange Commission. Mr. Best has served as one of our directors since the merger in November 2003 and served as a director of Biogen, Inc. from February 2003 until the merger. He is also a director of Haemonetics Corporation.