Leadership Team

BRIAN CONCANNON
President & CEO
Brian Concannon joined Haemonetics in 2003 as President of the Patient Division. He was promoted to President of Global Markets in 2006 and then to Chief Operating Officer in 2007. In April 2009, he was promoted to President and Chief Executive Officer, and elected to the Haemonetics Board of Directors. Immediately prior to joining Haemonetics, Mr. Concannon was President of the Northeast Region at Cardinal Health Medical Products and Services where he was employed since 1998. From 1985 to 1998, he was employed by American Hospital Supply Corporation, Baxter Healthcare Corporation, and Allegiance Healthcare in a series of sales and operations management positions of increasing responsibility.
PETER ALLEN
President, Global Plasma
Peter Allen joined Haemonetics in 2003 as President of the Donor Division. In March 2008, Mr. Allen was appointed Chief Marketing Officer. In October 2011, he was promoted to President of Global Plasma. Prior to joining Haemonetics, Mr. Allen was Vice President of The Aethena Group, a private equity firm providing services to the global healthcare industry. From 1998 to 2001, he held various positions including Vice President of Sales and the Oncology Business at Syncor International, a provider of radiopharmaceutical and comprehensive medical imaging services.
Previously, Mr. Allen held executive level positions in sales, marketing, and operations in DataMedic, Inc., Enterprise Systems, Inc./HBOC, and Robertson Lowstuter, Inc. Mr. Allen has also worked in sales and marketing at American Hospital Supply Corporation and Baxter International, Inc.
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DAVID HELSEL
Vice President, Global Manufacturing
David Helsel joined Haemonetics as Vice President of Global Manufacturing in March 2012, and is responsible for worldwide oversight of the Company’s manufacturing and supply chain organizations. Mr. Helsel was previously with Covidien, Ltd. for 16 years, where he most recently was Vice President of Operations for the Surgical Solutions global business unit. During his tenure with Covidien, his previous roles included Vice President of Operations for the Medical Supplies segment and Global Director of Operational Excellence – Manufacturing. Mr. Helsel holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from LeTourneau University.
SANDRA JESSE
Vice President, Chief Legal Officer
Sandra Jesse joined Haemonetics as Vice President, Chief Legal Officer in September 2011, and is responsible for the company’s world-wide Legal, Compliance, Corporate Audit and Controls, and Environmental Health and Safety groups. Ms. Jesse was previously the Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts, a Partner in the Boston law firm of Choate, Hall and Stewart, and Press Secretary for United States Congressman, Lee Hamilton. She has served on a number of boards and is presently the Chair of the New England Foundation. Ms. Jesse is a former President of the Boston Bar Foundation.
MICHAEL KELLY
President, Global Markets
Michael Kelly joined Haemonetics in 2010 as President of North America and the Global Plasma business. In 2011, his responsibilities expanded to include the Software and Global Marketing functions and his title changed to President of North America. In June of 2012, Mr. Kelly was promoted to President of Global Markets in charge of overseeing all of the Sales and Marketing activities for our Donor, Patient, and Software products globally, as well as the Global Marketing function. Prior to
joining Haemonetics, he was Senior Vice President and General Manager of Infection Prevention for CareFusion Corporation. Mr. Kelly spent several years with Cardinal Health in a variety of general management, marketing, business development, and sales positions. He began his career with Baxter Healthcare as a Sales Representative in 1991.
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CHRISTOPHER LINDOP
Chief Financial Officer
Christopher Lindop joined Haemonetics in January of 2007 as Chief Financial Officer. In 2007, Mr. Lindop assumed responsibility for business development. Prior to joining Haemonetics, he was Chief Financial Officer at Inverness Medical Innovations, a rapidly growing global developer of advanced consumer and professional diagnostic products from 2003 to 2006. Prior to this, Mr. Lindop was a Partner in the Boston offices of Ernst & Young LLP and Arthur Andersen LLP.
KATHLEEN (KATE) MCDANIEL
EVP, Global Human Resources
Kathleen McDaniel joined Haemonetics in March 2013 as EVP, Global Human Resources. Ms. McDaniel most recently served as WW VP of Human Resources for DePuy Synthes, a Johnson & Johnson Company. Prior to Depuy, Ms. McDaniel was an Executive Vice President at Fleet Credit Card Services. Kate has over 25 years of broad global HR leadership experience having held executive, senior human resources generalist and compensation positions at leading computer and financial services companies.
WARREN NIGHAN
Vice President, Worldwide Quality & Regulatory Affairs
Warren Nighan joined Haemonetics in November of 2010 as Vice President of Worldwide Quality & Regulatory Affairs. Mr. Nighan previously served as Vice President of Quality & Regulatory for St. Jude Medical in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Prior to that, he held numerous roles of increasing responsibility in quality and regulatory affairs at Covidien, Tyco Healthcare, and Kendall Healthcare. Mr. Nighan holds a bachelor’s degree in nursing from Northeastern University.
DR. JONATHAN WHITE
Vice President, Research and Development
Dr. Jonathan White joined Haemonetics in 2008 as Vice President of Research and Development. Dr. White joined Haemonetics from Pfizer where he held a number of roles including Chief Information Officer. He previously worked at McKinsey and Company in New York. Dr. White is a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgery in England.

Leadership Team

BRIAN CONCANNON

President & CEO

PETER ALLEN

President, Global Plasma

DAVID HELSEL

Vice President, Global Manufacturing

SANDRA JESSE

Vice President, Chief Legal Officer

MICHAEL KELLY

President, Global Markets

CHRISTOPHER LINDOP

Chief Financial Officer

KATHLEEN (KATE) MCDANIEL

EVP, Global Human Resources

WARREN NIGHAN

Vice President, Worldwide Quality & Regulatory Affairs

DR. JONATHAN WHITE

Vice President, Research and Development