Healthcare >> CEO Interviews >> July 8, 2002
JAMES M. ARKOOSH is Chairman of the Board of Diomed Holdings, Inc., an
American Stock Exchange-listed company. Diomed Holdings, Inc., is a
medical device company that focuses on developing and marketing devices
and disposables for minimally invasive medical procedures. Mr. Arkoosh
has been a Director since November 2000. From July 2000 through June
2002, Mr. Arkoosh was the Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial
Officer of Verus International Group Limited, a New York-based merchant
bank focused on globalization of technology. Mr. Arkoosh is a licensed
attorney and Certified Public Accountant with over 22 years' experience
with the international services group of KPMG LLP located in Hong Kong,
San Francisco, Seattle and Singapore prior to joining Verus
International Group Limited. Mr. Arkoosh is a former chairman of the
California Council for International Trade, former Vice Chairman for the
Asia Pacific Council of American Chambers of Commerce and a former
Director or officer of several other trade groups including the China
Relations Council, the Japan America Society and the World Trade Club.
He is a graduate of the University of Washington Business and Law
Schools and holds a BA degree granted in 1976 and a JD degree granted in
1979. Profile
overview of where it is today?
Mr. Arkoosh: The company was formed in 1991, when two technology
companies contributed their
