Item 10. Directors, Executive Officers, and Corporate Governance

The sections entitled “Proposal 1 — Election of Directors — Directors and Nominees,” “Corporate Governance — Committees of the Board and Meetings,” and “Share Ownership Information — Delinquent Section 16(a) Report” in the Company's Proxy Statement for our 2022 Annual General Meeting of Shareholders, which will be filed no later than 120 days after April 29, 2022, are incorporated herein by reference.

Set forth below are the names and ages of our Executive Officers of Medtronic, as well as information regarding their positions with Medtronic, their periods of service in these capacities, and their business experiences. There are no family relationships among any of the officers named, nor is there any arrangement or understanding pursuant to which any person was selected as an officer.

The following table shows the name, age, and position as of April 29, 2022 of each of our Executive Officers:

Geoffrey S. Martha, age 52, is Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer of Medtronic. Geoff assumed the role of CEO on April 27, 2020 and became Chairman of the Board on December 11, 2020. Prior to his role as Chairman and CEO, he served as President of Medtronic from November 2019 through April 2020 and joined the Board of Directors in November 2019. Previously, Mr. Martha served as Executive Vice President and President, Restorative Therapies Group, a role he held since August 2015. Mr. Martha previously served as Senior Vice President of Strategy and Business Development of the Company beginning in January 2015 and of Medtronic, Inc. beginning in August 2011. Prior to that, he served as Managing Director of Business Development at GE Healthcare from April 2007 to July 2011; General Manager for GE Capital Technology Finance Services from November 2003 to March 2007; Senior Vice President, Business Development for GE Capital Vendor Financial Services from February 2002 to October 2003; General Manager for GE Capital Colonial Pacific Leasing from February 2001 to January 2002; and Vice President, Business Development for Potomac Federal, the GE Capital federal financing investment bank from May 1998 to January 2001.

Ivan K. Fong, age 60, has been Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of the Company since February 2022. Prior to that, he held several leadership positions at 3M Company from 2012 to 2022, including Executive Vice President, Chief Legal and Policy Officer and Secretary. Prior to joining 3M Company, Mr. Fong served as General Counsel of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security from 2009 to 2012. Prior to his role with the U.S. Government, he was Chief Legal Officer and Secretary for Cardinal Health, Inc from 2005 to 2009. Mr. Fong currently serves on the Board of Cboe Global Markets.

Karen L. Parkhill, age 56, joined the Company as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer in June 2016. From 2011 to 2016, Ms. Parkhill served as Vice Chairman and Chief Financial Officer of Comerica Incorporated. Ms. Parkhill was a member of Comerica’s Management Executive Committee and the Comerica Bank Board of Directors. Prior to joining Comerica, Ms. Parkhill worked for J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. in various capacities from 1992 to 2011, including serving as Chief Financial Officer of the Commercial Banking business from 2007 to 2011. Ms. Parkhill is also a current member of the Board of Directors for American Express.

Carol A. Surface, age 56, has been Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer of the Company since January 2015 and of Medtronic, Inc. since September 2013. Prior to that, she was the Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer at Best Buy Co., Inc. from March 2010 to September 2013, and held a series of HR leadership roles at PepsiCo Inc., from May 2000 to March 2010.

Robert ten Hoedt, age 61, has been Executive Vice President and President, EMEA Region of the Company since January 2015 and of Medtronic, Inc. since May 2014, as well as President, APAC Region starting March 2022. Prior to that, he was Senior Vice President and President, EMEA and Canada from 2009 to 2014; Vice President CardioVascular Europe and Central Asia from 2006 to 2009; Vice President and General Manager, Vitatron from 1999 to 2006; Gastro-Uro leader from 1994 to 1999; and Marketing Manager, Neurological from 1991 to 1994.

Robert J. White, age 59, is Executive Vice President and President, Medical Surgical Portfolio. Since 2017, Mr. White has served as Executive Vice President and Group President of the Minimally Invasive Therapies Group of Medtronic. Prior to that, he was Senior Vice President and President, Asia Pacific from January 2015 to December 2017. He had served as President, Emerging Markets, President, Respiratory and Monitoring Solutions and Vice President and General Manager of Patient Monitoring at Covidien. He also held various leadership positions at GE Healthcare and IBM. Mr. White is also a current member of the Board of Directors of Smith & Nephew plc.

John Liddicoat, M.D.****, age 58, was named Executive Vice President and President, Americas Region in September 2018. Dr. Liddicoat joined Medtronic in 2006 as Vice President of Atrial Fibrillation Technologies. In December of 2006, Dr. Liddicoat was named Vice President and General Manager of the Structural Heart Disease Business. Beginning in August 2014, Dr. Liddicoat served as Senior Vice President and President, Cardiac Rhythm and Heart Failure.

Sean Salmon, age 57, has been Executive Vice President and Group President, Diabetes Group of the company since October 2019, and also assumed the role of Executive Vice President and President, Cardiovascular Portfolio in January 2021. Mr. Salmon previously served as Senior Vice President and President of Coronary and Structural Heart Business within the Cardiac and Vascular Group of the Company beginning in July 2014. Mr. Salmon is a seasoned leader who has been with Medtronic since 2004 and spent the past 16 years in increasingly senior levels of management. Prior to joining Medtronic, Mr. Salmon worked at CR Bard and Johnson & Johnson.

Brett Wall, age 57, is Executive Vice President and President of Medtronic’s Neuroscience Portfolio. Mr. Wall previously served as Senior Vice President and President of the Brain Therapies division of Medtronic within the Restorative Therapies Group from March 2016 to November 2019. Prior to that, Mr. Wall served as SVP and President of Medtronic’s Neurovascular business. Prior to joining Medtronic, he served as Covidien’s SVP and President of Neurovascular as well as Senior Vice President and President of the International Vascular Therapies business for Covidien. Mr. Wall also served as Senior Vice President and President, International at ev3, Inc. From 2000 to 2008, Brett held various marketing and sales positions with ev3, Inc. and Micro Therapeutics, Inc. Mr. Wall has also worked at Boston Scientific as Director of Marketing, Cardiovascular, Asia Pacifica and Marketing Manager, Japan, from September 1995 to September 2000.