Matthew W. Towse — Chief Financial Officer, Senior Vice President and Treasurer at NxStage Medical

Mr. Matthew W. Towse has been the Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President at Nxstage Medical, Inc. since July 2013. Mr. Towse has been Treasurer at Nxstage Medical, Inc. since July 2013 and had been its Chief Accounting Officer since January 2015. Mr. Towse has over 25 years of experience in global financial management with both public and private companies across multiple industries. He served as the Chief Financial Officer of Vette Corp. from 2006 to 2012. Mr. Towse served as an Advisor of Fairchild Semiconductor International Inc. since October 13, 2005 until December 31, 2005. He served as a Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Fairchild Semiconductor International Inc. from March 27, 2003 to October 13, 2005. He served as an interim Chief Financial Officer with Tatum, LLC, an executive services firm. Mr. Towse served as Vice President and Treasurer of Fairchild Semiconductor International Inc. from March 1997 to March 27, 2003 where he was responsible for all financial matters of this Fortune 1000, NYSE-listed Company. He drove a major project to re-align the legal entity structure reducing transfer price risk, allowing better portability of technology and providing a more tax-efficient structure. In addition, he executed a significant restructuring project, closing manufacturing facilities and other production lines, reducing Fairchild Semiconductor International Inc.'s fixed cost base by $40 million and exiting mature product lines. Mr. Towse had been with National Semiconductor for six years and served various financial management positions and served as its Controller for the Fairchild Semiconductor plant in South Portland, Maine. Mr. Towse served as an Audit Manager for Ernst & Young. He is a Certified Public Accountant in both Ohio and California. He has a Bachelors degree in Business Administration from the University of Notre Dame.