Earl M. Collier, Jr.

Overview

Mr. Collier has served as Executive Vice President since July 1997, with responsibility for our Oncology and Cardiovascular businesses since August 2003 and our Genetics business since January 2007. He joined Genzyme in January 1997 as Senior Vice President, Health Systems, and served as Executive Vice President, Surgical Products and Health Systems from July 1997 until June 1999. He served as President of our former Genzyme Surgical Products division from June 1999 until December 2000. Mr. Collier was also responsible for our former Genzyme Tissue Repair division from December 1999 to December 2000. From December 2000 until August 2003, Mr. Collier served as President of our Genzyme Biosurgery business unit. Prior to joining us, Mr. Collier was President of Vitas HealthCare Corporation (formerly Hospice Care Incorporated), a provider of health care services, from October 1991 until August 1995. Prior to that, Mr. Collier was a partner in the Washington, D.C. law firm of Hogan & Hartson, which he joined in 1981. Mr. Collier is a director of Encorium Group, Inc., a contract research organization which provides independent clinical trial and product development services to the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical devices industries. He also serves on the board of deCODE genetics, a biotechnology company that applies gene discovery to the development of drugs and diagnostics for common diseases.