STAAR Surgical Company announced the appointment of Arthur Butcher, Executive Vice President and Group President, MedSurg and Asia Pacific for Boston Scientific, and Wei Jiang, retired Executive Vice President and President of Bayer Pharmaceuticals Region China & APAC, to its Board of Directors, effective March 12, 2024. Arthur Butcher brings extensive medical device marketing, strategy and product development experience, including significant business experience in Asia. Mr. Butcher currently serves as Executive Vice President and Group President, MedSurg and Asia Pacific for Boston Scientific, a position he has held since May 2022.

Prior to his current role, Mr. Butcher was responsible for commercialization of the company?s full portfolio of products across all divisions in the Asia Pacific region. Mr. Butcher joined Boston Scientific in 1997. He currently serves as a member of the Board of Directors of Acotec Scientific Holdings Limited, listed publicly on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.

Mr. Butcher received a B.A. in International Relations from the University of Pennsylvania and an MBA from Columbia University. Wei Jiang brings more than 25 years? experience in the pharmaceutical and medical device industries, with particular focus in China and the Asia/Pacific region.

Mr. Jiang most recently served as Executive Vice President, Bayer Pharmaceuticals Region China & APAC, and President, Bayer Group Greater China Region, until his retirement in 2021. Prior to joining Bayer in 2012, he held various senior positions at AstraZeneca, culminating in his role as Senior Vice President, China operations. Prior to that, Mr. Jiang served as Managing Director, China operations at Guidant Corporation and in various roles at Eli Lilly & Company including Marketing Director, China Operations.

He currently serves as a member of the Board of Directors of Waters Corporation, listed publicly on the New York Stock Exchange. Mr. Jiang received a B.BA. in business administration from Campbell University in North Carolina and an M.A. in economics from Indiana State University.

STAAR also announced that director K. Peony Yu., M.D., has indicated that she does not intend to stand for re-election to the Board upon the expiration of her current term in June 2024. With the appointment of Messrs. Butcher and Jiang to the Board, the STAAR Surgical Board is now comprised of eight directors, seven of whom are independent non-employee directors.

Other current members of the Board include Stephen Farrell, Tom Frinzi, Aimee Weisner, Elizabeth Yeu, M.D., K. Peony Yu, M.D., and Lilian Zhou, CFA.