Stuart M Essig

President and Chief Executive Officer of Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corporation, or Integra, since December 1997. Prior to joining Integra, Mr. Essig supervised the medical technology practice at Goldman, Sachs & Co. as a managing director. Mr. Essig had ten years of experience at Goldman Sachs serving as a senior mergers and acquisitions advisor to a broad range of domestic and international medical technology, pharmaceutical and biotechnology clients. Mr. Essig holds an A.B. from the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University and an M.B.A. and Ph.D. in Financial Economics from the University of Chicago, Graduate School of Business. Mr. Essig is a director of Integra, St. Jude Medical, Inc. and AdvaMed. Board Committees: Audit Committee, Compensation and Management Development Committee (Chair) and Corporate Governance Committee. Age 46.