Jim Tobin

Jim Tobin is the former President and Chief Executive Officer of Boston Scientific and Biogen. He currently serves as Chairman of the Board at TransMedics, Inc. and Board Member of Globus Medical, Impulse Dynamics, and Xenter Medical.

Mr. Tobin served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Boston Scientific for over a decade from March 1999 to July 2009. Before joining Boston Scientific, he was President and CEO of Biogen, which he joined as President and Chief Operating Officer in 1994 and became President and Chief Executive Officer in 1997. He also served on Biogen’s Board of Directors. Previously, Mr. Tobin spent 22 years at Baxter International, rising from financial analyst to President and Chief Operating Officer of the 60,000 employee, $9 billion company.

Mr. Tobin was a Lieutenant in the U.S. Navy from 1968 to 1972. He holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and an A.B. from Harvard College.