
S. Omar Ishrak is the former Executive Chairman and Chairman of the Board of Medtronic plc, or Medtronic, a global medical technology company. Dr. Ishrak served as the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Medtronic from 2011 to April 2020 and was Executive Chairman until December 2020. Prior to joining Medtronic, he served as President and Chief Executive Officer of GE Healthcare Systems, a provider of medical imaging and diagnostic technology and a division of GE Healthcare, from 2009 to 2011. Dr. Ishrak was President and Chief Executive Officer of GE Healthcare Clinical Systems from 2005 to 2008 and President and Chief Executive Officer of GE Healthcare Ultrasound and BMD from 1995 to 2004.
Dr. Ishrak has served as Co-Chairman and lead independent director, as well as a member of the Audit Committee and Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, of Allurion Technologies, Inc., since its merger in 2023 with Compute Health Acquisition Corporation, a special purpose acquisition company, where Dr. Ishrak served as Chairman of the Board of Directors from 2021 until its merger in 2023. Dr. Ishrak served on the board of directors of Intel Corporation, a multinational corporation and technology company from 2017 to 2025, serving as Chairman of its Board from 2020 to 2023.
Dr. Ishrak is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Asia Society, an educational organization dedicated to promoting mutual understanding and strong partnerships between Asia and the U.S. Since 2021, Dr. Ishrak has been a senior advisor to Blackstone Life Sciences, a segment of Blackstone Inc. that invests in the biopharmaceutical and medical technology industries. Dr. Ishrak was inducted into the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering College of Fellows in 2016, elected as a Fellow of King's College London in 2017, inducted into the Bakken Society in 2020, and elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 2020. Dr. Ishrak received his undergraduate degree and doctorate from the University of London, King's College.