William A. Hawkins , MBA

CEO

Immucor, Inc.
Norcross, GA

Since 2011, William A. Hawkins has been the CEO of Immucor, Inc., a medical device company that manufactures and sells a complete line of reagents and systems used by hospitals. Previously, Mr. Hawkins was the Chairman and CEO of Medtronic, Inc., a global leader in medical technology. While at Medtronic, he was responsible for all business functions related to the Coronary Vascular, Peripheral Vascular, Neurovascular, Distal Protection and Controlled Release Technologies organizations within Medtronic Vascular. He announced his retirement from the company in 2010 but remained in a consulting role until 2011. He had served as CEO since August 2007 and Chairman of the Board since 2008. Mr. Hawkins joined Medtronic in 2002 as a Senior Vice President and President of the company's Vascular business. He later became President and Chief Operating Officer in 2004. Prior to Medtronic, Mr. Hawkins was President and Chief Executive Officer of Novoste Corp., a medical technology company based in Atlanta. Earlier positions included Corporate Vice President and President of the Sherwood Davis and Geck organization of American Home Products, President of the Ethicon Endo-Surgery organization of Johnson & Johnson, President, Devices for Vascular Intervention and U.S. Operations for Guidant Corp., and several increasingly responsible executive positions culminating in the presidency of the Ivac organization for Eli Lilly & Co. He began his medical technology career with Carolina Medical Electronics in 1977. Mr. Hawkins has over three decades of experience in the medical device industry making his a valuable asset to any Immucor. Currently, he is also an acting Senior Advisor to TPG Capital where he helps advice the company on investment opportunities in the healthcare industry. Mr. Hawkins received his Bachelor of Science degree in electrical and biomedical engineering from Duke University in 1976 where he also conducted medical research in pathology. He received a Master of Business Administration Degree from the Darden School of Business, University of Virginia, in 1982.