Healthcare >> CEO Interviews >> January 12, 2004

STUART ESSIG – INTEGRA LIFESCIENCES HOLDING CORPORATION (IART)

STUART M. ESSIG has served as President and Chief Executive Officer and a Director of Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corporation since December 1997. Before joining Integra, Mr. Essig supervised the medical technology practice at Goldman, Sachs & Co. as a Managing Director. Mr. Essig had ten years of broad healthcare experience at Goldman Sachs, serving as a senior merger and acquisitions advisor to a broad range of domestic and international medical technology, pharmaceutical and biotechnology clients. Mr. Essig received an AB degree from the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University and an MBA and a PhD degree in Financial Economics from the University of Chicago, Graduate School of Business. Mr. Essig serves on the Board of Directors of St. Jude Medical Corporation. Profile
TWST: Could you begin with a brief overview of Integra LifeSciences?

Mr. Essig: Integra is a market-leading, innovative medical device

company focused on helping the medical professional