Abbott Laboratories Inc.

Mr. White joined Abbott in 1984, was named chief executive officer in 1998 and became chairman of the board in 1999. In addition to his responsibilities at Abbott, Mr. White serves on the board of directors of Motorola, Inc. He is chairman of the board of trustees of The Field Museum, and sits on the boards of The Museum of Science and Industry, The Joffrey Ballet, and the Lyric Opera of Chicago. He serves as a trustee on the boards of Northwestern University, and the Culver Educational Foundation. In addition he is a member of the International Advisory Council of the Guanghua School of Management at Peking University, The Stanford Graduate School of Business Advisory Council, and vice chairman of the Chicago 2016 board of directors. Mr. White earned both a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering and a master's degree in business administration from Stanford University.

Thomas Freyman is executive vice president, Finance and Chief Financial Officer. He was appointed to his current role in February 2004 and has served as Abbott's Chief Financial Officer since 2001. Freyman joined Abbott in 1979, and has served in a number of financial planning and analysis positions. In 1984, Freyman was appointed finance director for Abbott's European distribution center in the Netherlands. He also served as division controller, Corporate Materials Management, vice president and treasurer, and vice president and controller, Hospital Products Division. Prior to joining Abbott, Freyman was a certified public accountant with Ernst & Whinney, Chicago. Freyman serves on the board of directors for the Chicago Botanic Garden. He is also a member of the Economic Club of Chicago, the Executives' Club of Chicago, the Healthcare Leadership Council and the S&P Corporate Ratings Issuer Council. He earned a bachelor's degree in accounting from the University of Illinois and a master's degree in management from Northwestern University.

Management Biography - Edward L. Michael Edward L. Michael Executive Vice President, Diagnostics Edward Michael is executive vice president, diagnostics leading Abbott's diagnostics, molecular and point-of-care businesses. He was appointed to this position in July 2007. Previously, he served as senior vice president, medical products, leading Abbott's molecular, spine and animal health business units. Michael joined Abbott in 1985 as an attorney in the Legal Division. Since 1990, he has held various management positions in Abbott's global diagnostics operations, including vice president for Europe, Africa and Middle East, and vice president, Diagnostic Commercial Operations. He also served as vice president, Immunoassay/Clinical Chemistry, Abbott Diagnostics Division and as vice president, Abbott Molecular, leading Abbott's global molecular diagnostic business. He earned a bachelor's degree in politics and government and a juris doctorate from Indiana University in Bloomington.

Holger Liepmann is executive vice president, Global Nutrition. He was appointed to this position in October of 2006. Previously, he was executive vice president, Pharmaceutical Products Group. Liepmann also served as senior vice president, Abbott International, the commercial operations for Abbott's international pharmaceutical business. Liepmann first joined Abbott in 1986 as a business development manager for Abbott International, and has since served in various management positions including divisional vice president and regional director, Europe, and general manager, Spain, for Abbott's International Division and vice president, Japan Operations. Prior to joining Abbott, Liepmann was a marketing manager, Europe, for Cutter Laboratories, a subsidiary of Bayer AG. He earned a bachelor's degree in psychology from Dartmouth College and a master's degree in business administration from Stanford University.

John Capek, Ph.D., is executive vice president, medical devices. Capek was appointed to this position in July 2007 and is responsible for Abbott's Vascular, Diabetes Care, Ophthalmology and Animal Health businesses. Previously, he served as senior vice president, Abbott Vascular, heading up Abbott's global vascular business. Capek served in various management roles at Guidant, including president, Guidant Vascular Intervention and vice president and general manager of Bioabsorbable Vascular Solutions. He also served as vice president and general manager of Guidant Germany and vice president, marketing, Guidant Cardiac Rhythm Management Group. Before joining Guidant, Capek was manager of New Product Technology at Eli Lilly & Company. Capek has a bachelor's degree in biomedical engineering, a master's degree in biomedical engineering, a master's degree in electrical engineering, a Ph.D. in biomedical engineering and a master's degree in business administration from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

Management Biography - Laura J. Schumacher Laura J. Schumacher Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary Laura Schumacher is executive vice president, general counsel and secretary. She was appointed to her current role in February 2007. Previously, she served as senior vice president, secretary and general counsel. Schumacher joined Abbott in 1990 as a litigation attorney. She has held various positions within the litigation department, including divisional vice president, litigation and vice president, secretary and deputy general counsel. Prior to joining Abbott, Schumacher was an associate attorney with the law firm Schiff, Hardin & Waite in Chicago. Schumacher is on the board of directors for the Clara Abbott Foundation, and a member of the Economic Club of Chicago, Chicago Network and Chicago Club. She graduated with a bachelor's degree in business administration/marketing from the University of Notre Dame and with a juris doctorate from the University of Wisconsin at Madison.

Richard Ashley is executive vice president, Corporate Development. His responsibilities include various aspects of corporate strategic planning and business development. Ashley was appointed to his current position in February of 2004. Prior to joining Abbott, he was a senior director at McKinsey and Company, a former managing partner of the firm's Chicago office, and head of the firm's Global Leadership and Organization practice. During his 31 years with McKinsey, Ashley consulted with clients in healthcare, energy and industrial manufacturing industries across a wide range of business and organizational issues. Ashley is a member of the executive committee of the board of directors of Junior Achievement of Chicago and a former member of the Civic Committee of the Commercial Club of Chicago. He is also a member of the American Bar Association and the Wisconsin Bar Association. He earned a bachelor's degree in political science and master's degree in business administration from Northwestern University. He also holds a juris doctorate from the University of Wisconsin Law School.

Management Biography - Donald V. Patton Donald V. Patton Senior Vice President, U.S. Nutrition Donald Patton is senior vice president, U.S. Nutrition, where he oversees Abbott’s domestic nutrition business. He was appointed to his current role in April 2007. Previously, he served as vice president, Diagnostic Global Commercial Operations, Abbott Diagnostics Division. Patton has held several management positions, including president and general manager, Abbott Canada and vice president, International Marketing, in Abbott's international pharmaceutical business. Patton also served at TAP Pharmaceuticals, a joint venture between Abbott and Takeda Chemical Industries of Japan, for 10 years. Patton began his career in teaching and prior to joining Abbott held various sales positions with Johnson & Johnson Ortho Pharmaceutical group and Becton-Dickinson. Patton also spent time as a newspaper editor and at an advertising agency. Patton serves on the Board of Governors of Smile Train, a nonprofit that provides cleft surgery for poor children around the world. He is a past president of the Biomedical Marketing Association and a member of the Adjunct Faculty for Lake Forest Graduate School of Management in Chicago. He earned a bachelor's degree in education from the University of Missouri at Columbia and a master's degree in management from Northwestern University.

Management Biography - James L. Tyree James L. Tyree Senior Vice President, Pharmaceutical Products James Tyree is executive vice president, Pharmaceutical Products. Tyree first joined Abbott from 1978 until 1979 as a business analyst for a year. He rejoined the company in June 1997 and has been in various management positions including divisional vice president and general manager for Abbott's international division in Japan. He recently served as vice president, global licensing/new business development in the Pharmaceutical Products Division and as senior vice president, Pharmaceutical Operations. He assumed his current role in 2007. Prior to re-joining Abbott in 1997, Tyree was president of Sugen Inc., a biotechnology start-up company and held various leadership positions at other pharmaceutical companies. He serves on the board of directors for TAP Pharmaceuticals, a joint venture between Abbott and Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited. He is a member of the advisory boards of the Polsky Center of Entrepreneurship at the University of Chicago and the Kellogg Center for Biotechnology at Northwestern University. He is a member of Richard M. Daley's Chicago Mayor's Council of Technology Advisors. Formerly chairman, he is also chairman of the board of directors of the Illinois Biotechnology Industry Organization. He earned bachelor's degrees in psychology and forensic studies and a master's degree in business administration from Indiana University.

Management Biography - John C. Landgraf John C. Landgraf Senior Vice President, Pharmaceuticals, Manufacturing and Supply John Landgraf is senior vice president, Pharmaceuticals, Manufacturing and Supply. He was appointed to his current role in July 2004. Previously, Landgraf was vice president, Quality Assurance and Compliance, for Abbott's Medical Products Group. Landgraf joined Abbott in 1977 and worked in key positions in plant quality assurance, manufacturing and marketing in Abbott's Diagnostics Division. He also held various management positions in manufacturing and engineering with Abbott International and Abbott Diagnostics Division. Prior to joining Abbott, Landgraf worked in research and development for Inolex Corporation in Glenwood, Ill. Landgraf serves on boards for the National Association of Manufacturers, Northern Illinois University, the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and the Northeast Illinois Council of Boy Scouts of America. In addition, he is chairman of the Supervisory Boards, Abbott Management GmbH and Abbott Holding GmbH. He earned a bachelor's degree in biology and a master's degree in microbiology from Northern Illinois University and a master's degree in business administration from the Lake Forest Graduate School of Management.

Management Biography - Mary Szela Mary Szela Senior Vice President, U.S. Pharmaceuticals Mary Szela is senior vice president, Pharmaceutical Operations, leading Abbott’s commercial pharmaceutical business in the United States. She was appointed to this position in August 2007. Previously, she served as vice president, Commercial Pharmaceutical Operations, where she was responsible for sales and marketing of many of Abbott's pharmaceutical brands, including HUMIRA. Szela joined Abbott in 1987 and has held several leadership positions at Abbott, including vice president, Primary Care Commercial Operations; and Vice President of Hospital Business sector, responsible for anesthesia, acute care cardiovascular and pain management pharmaceuticals in Abbott's Hospital Products business (now Hospira). Prior to joining Abbott, Szela worked for the University of Illinois Hospital. Szela earned a bachelor's degree in nursing and a master's degree in business administration from the University of Illinois.

Olivier Bohuon is senior vice president, Abbott International, heading up the company's global pharmaceutical business. He was appointed to his current role in April of 2006. Previously he served as vice president, European Operations, Abbott International. Before rejoining Abbott in 2003, Bohuon was senior vice president of European commercial operations at GlaxoSmithKline. Prior to the merger between Glaxo and SmithKline, Bohuon was CEO of SmithKline Beecham France. He also worked at Roussel Uclaf as marketing and sales director, Near and Middle East, and for Boston Consulting Group in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Prior to that, Bohuon was a marketing director for Abbott International's anti-infective franchise and later as the Pharmaceutical Products Division director for Abbott Spain. Bohuon is a member of the French Academie de Pharmacie and the French Academy of Technologies. He earned a bachelor's degree in finance from the Haute Etudes Commerciales (HEC) School of Management in Paris and he received a doctorate in pharmacy from the University of Paris XI, France-Sud, Chatenay-Malabry.

Management Biography - Robert B. Hance Robert B. Hance Senior Vice President, Abbott Vascular Robert Hance is senior vice president, Abbott Vascular, heading up the company's global vascular business. He was appointed to his current role in May 2008. Hance previously served as senior vice president, Abbott Diabetes Care. Hance joined Abbott in 1989 as a diagnostic systems specialist. He held several management positions in Abbott's Diagnostics division, including vice president for Europe, Africa and the Middle East. Hance also served as vice president, Vascular Solutions, Abbott Vascular before moving to Abbott Diabetes Care in 2006. Prior to joining Abbott, Hance was an associate fellow at Harvard Business School and a product development engineer at Procter & Gamble. He earned a bachelor's degree in chemical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a master's degree in business administration from Harvard Business School.

Management Biography - Stephen R. Fussell Stephen R. Fussell Senior Vice President, Human Resources Steve Fussell is senior vice president, Human Resources. He was appointed to his current role in April 2005. Previously, he served as vice president, Compensation and Development. He joined Abbott in 1996, as divisional vice president, Compensation and Benefits. Prior to joining Abbott, Fussell was vice president, Total Compensation and Workforce Information at Nestlé USA. Fussell is a board member for the Clara Abbott Foundation and the Abbott Fund. He earned a bachelor's degree in management and administration from Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge.

Management Biography - Thomas F. Chen Thomas F. Chen Senior Vice President, International Nutrition Thomas Chen is senior vice president, Nutrition International Operations. He was appointed to his current role in April 2006. Previously he served as vice president, Asia and Latin America, Abbott Nutrition International. He joined Abbott in 1988 as general manager for Abbott Taiwan in the company's international pharmaceutical division. He has held several management positions in Asia, including regional director, greater China. Chen also served as vice president, Pacific, Asia and Africa operations for Abbott International. Before joining Abbott, Chen held several senior management positions at Cyanamid. Chen serves on the board of the Abbott Chinese Cultural Network. He also serves on the United Way of Lake County "Success by Six" committee, an initiative to promote early education for children. He earned a bachelor's degree in international business from National Cheng-Chi University in Taiwan and a master's degree in business administration from Indiana University.

Management Biography - John M. Leonard, M.D. John M. Leonard, M.D. Senior Vice President, Pharmaceuticals, Research and Development Dr. John Leonard is senior vice president, Pharmaceuticals, Research and Development. He was appointed to his current position in February 2008. Previously, he served as vice president, Global Pharmaceutical Research and Development. Leonard joined Abbott in 1992 as head of antiviral drug development where he was responsible for the clinical development of Abbott's protease inhibitors. He held several positions of increasing responsibility in the pharmaceutical R&D organization. Prior to joining Abbott, Leonard was senior director for clinical research at G.H. Besselaar Associates in Princeton, N.J. He has published extensively on HIV therapeutics and their development and serves on the Science and Regulatory Affairs committee of the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturing Association (PhRMA). He also serves on the board of directors of the Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO). Leonard earned a bachelor's degree in biochemistry from the University of Wisconsin at Madison and a doctorate in medicine from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. He completed his internship and residency in internal medicine at Stanford University Hospital followed by a postdoctoral fellowship in molecular virology at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases at the National Institutes of Health. He is board certified in internal medicine and is licensed to practice in Illinois and Maryland.

Born 1961, B.B.A. in Accounting, University of Texas, San Antonio USA. Board Member: Abbott Laboratories, Teledyne Technologies Inc.,Target Corporation. Holdings in Ericsson *: 3,000 American Depository Receipts (ADR). Principal work experience and other information: Since 2004 President of Austin Investment Advisors. President and CEO of DIRECTV 2001–2003. Corporate Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Hughes Electronics Corporation 1997–2000, which company she joined in 1993. Prior to joining Hughes, Roxanne Austin was a partner at Deloitte & Touche. Member of the board of trustees of the California Science Center, member of the California State Society of certified Public Accountants and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.