Stratasys Ltd. announced that it has appointed Aris Kekedjian as an independent member of the Company?s Board of Directors, effective immediately. Mr. Kekedjian replaces Ziva Patir, who has decided to step down from the Company?s Board following ten years of service as a director. With this appointment, the Board will continue to comprise eight directors, seven of whom are independent.

Aris Kekedjian currently serves as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Trinity Biotech. Prior to joining Trinity Biotech in October 2022, he served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Icahn Enterprises from April 2021 to January 2022. Prior to that, Mr. Kekedjian held various roles of increasing responsibility at General Electric and GE Capital from 1989 to 2019, including Head of Corporate Development and Chief Investment Officer of GE; Managing Director and Global Head, Business Development of GE Capital; and Managing Director, Global Corporate Development and CEO of GE Capital in the MEA region.

During his tenure at GE and GE Capital, Mr. Kekedjian guided the company through multiple phases of growth and transformation, including through the 2008 financial crisis and a series of multibillion-dollar mergers that helped reposition disparate assets into leading businesses. In addition, he previously served as a director of Xerox Holdings Corporation and XPO Logistics. Mr. Kekedjian holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree in Finance and International Business from Concordia University in Montreal, Canada.