Officers and Directors

John Alexander (Alex) Martin joins WorldHeart as Director, President and CEO starting in February 2009. Mr. Martin was most recently at Edwards Lifesciences where he was President of the North American Region and Corporate Vice President since 2004. Previously, Alex was with Cordis Corporation, a Johnson and Johnson (J&J) company, where he served as Senior Vice President of International and prior to that, Vice President of Sales and Marketing. At Cordis, he had responsibility for all U.S. coronary therapeutic and diagnostic device sales and under his leadership the company experienced significant growth and became the market leader. Alex was responsible for the launch of the first commercialized drug-eluting stent in the US while at Cordis.

Before Cordis, Mr. Martin served in sales, marketing and business development management positions at several organizations, including C.R. Bards' USCI division, Cambridge Heart and IMED Corporation. He also served as Director of the Emergency Medical Services at The Medical Center at Bowling Green. Mr. Martin earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Kentucky at Lexington.

Mr. Brown has been the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of WorldHeart since August 2009.He has over 18 years of experience and joins WorldHeart from Lifetree Clinical Research where he was Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President since 2008. While at Lifetree Clinical Research he oversaw the accounting, finance, human resource, facility, and information technology departments. Previously he was with NPS Pharmaceuticals Inc., a Russell 2000 public company, from 2000 to 2008, where he served as Vice President Finance and Treasurer. During his tenure at NPS, he was involved in numerous financings as well as merger and acquisition activities.

Before NPS, Mr. Brown worked for KPMG LLP in Salt Lake City and managed multiple audit engagements, servicing private and publicly owned clients. He is a licensed certified public accountant in Utah. He has earned a master's degree in business administration from the University of Utah and a bachelor's degree in accounting from Utah State University.

Dr. Woodard will be responsible for clinical affairs and will also guide the development of World Heart's next- generation technologies. Dr. Woodard most recently served as Chief Scientific Officer for Ventracor Limited: an Australian-based public company focused on the development of left ventricular assist devices for late-stage heart failure patients. Prior to that, Dr. Woodard has served in various senior management positions in a number of medical device companies including, Micromedical Industries Limited, CHAD Research Laboratories, Novacor Division of Baxter Healthcare Corporation and Heart Research Institute of San Francisco.

Dr.Woodard's educational accomplishments include a Bachelor in Electrical Engineering, a Master of Science in Biophysics and a Doctor of Philosophy in Biomedical Engineering at the University of South Wales. Dr. Woodard has authored numerous peer-reviewed papers and abstracts and been awarded over 14 medical device related patents.

Michael Sumner Estes, Ph.D. has served as our director since April 2007 and currently serves as Chair of the Board of Directors. Since 2006, Mr. Estes has been chairman of the Board of Directors of Medical Entrepreneurs II, Inc., a company that develops and manufactures replacement heart valves. From 2001 until 2005, Mr. Estes worked as an independent consultant to Corazon, Inc., a company formed to develop new technology for the less invasive treatment of heart disease caused by calcium deposits. From 1996 to 1999, Mr. Estes was the President and Chief Executive Officer of Orquest, Inc., a company involved in bone replacement technology. From 1979 to 1995, Mr. Estes held executive positions with American Hospital Supply Corporation and Baxter Healthcare Corporation, including responsibility for the worldwide Cardiovascular Group at Baxter HealthCare. Mr. Estes is currently executive chair of the Board of Directors of nContact, Inc., a private cardiovascular company. Mr. Estes' prior experience as chief executive officer and his long tenure as Board Chair positions him to contribute to the Board his extensive knowledge of WorldHeart and to provide Board continuity. In addition, Mr. Estes' experience as Chief Executive Officer of a healthcare company as well as his long history serving in executive positions with large medical device companies, has provided him with operational and industry experience, as well as leadership skills, that are important to the Board.

Jeani Delagardelle has served as our director since October 2008 and is a Managing Director of New Leaf Venture Partners, a firm which was established by the former health care principals of the Sprout Group in July 2005. Ms. Delagardelle joined Sprout Group in August 2000 and became the General Partner in July 2001 leaving in July 2005 with the formation of New Leaf Venture Partners. She primarily concentrates on medical device efforts. Previously, she was a General Partner at Weiss, Peck & Greer Venture Partners where she focused on healthcare/technology investments. Before joining Weiss, Peck & Greer Venture Partners, Ms. Delagardelle spent 15 years in senior marketing, sales, business development and general manager positions in the healthcare industry. She was Vice President of Global Marketing for Target Therapeutics (acquired by Boston Scientific) and spent nine years with the Medi-tech division of Boston Scientific in several senior management roles. In addition, Ms. Delagardelle served as Director of Business Operations for Roche Laboratories and Director of Global Marketing for Cell Pro, Inc. Ms. Delagardelle is New Leaf's designee for nomination to the Board of Directors of WorldHeart. Besides WorldHeart, Ms. Delagardelle serves on the board of directors of six privately held companies. Additionally, she has served on the board of directors of seven other privately held companies over the past five years. Ms. Delagardelle's extensive experience in the medical device and healthcare industry, both as a financial advisor and board member as well as being employed directly by large medical device and pharmaceutical companies, allows her to contribute her operational, marketing and business development expertise that are important to the Board.

William C. Garriock has served as our director since December 2003. Since 2003, Mr. Garriock has been a professional company director. From 2000 to 2003, he was the Chairman of MDS SCIEX, the analytical instrument division of MDS Inc, a health and life sciences company. He was also the President of MDS SCIEX from 1994 to 1999. Mr. Garriock was the Executive-at-Large for MDS Inc. from 2000 to 2003. From 1993 to 1994, he was Vice President and Managing Partner (Pharmaceuticals) of MDS Health Ventures Inc. For the previous 18 years, he was the President and CEO of Miles Canada Inc. (now Bayer Canada Inc.), a pharmaceutical, diagnostics and consumer products company. Mr. Garriock is chair of the Board of Directors of Cipher Pharmaceuticals Inc., a pharmaceutical development company listed on the TSX. Previously he was a director of GSW Inc. and Nexia Biotechnologies Inc. Mr. Garriock received his B.Comm. from the University of British Columbia and an MBA from the Kellogg School of Business of Northwestern University. Mr. Garriock's long tenure on WorldHeart's Board of Directors positions him to contribute his extensive historical knowledge of the Company and to provide board continuity. Additionally his experience as a president and chief executive officer with several companies in the healthcare industry has provided him with operational, industry and leadership experience that are valuable to the Company.

Eugene B. Jones has served as our director since February 2010 and is currently retired. From 2004 to 2007, Mr. Jones was Chief Financial Officer of Amedica Corporation, an early stage orthopedic implant company. From 1973 to 2002, Mr. Jones worked for KPMG LLP, an international public accounting firm. Mr. Jones was admitted to KPMG's partnership in 1984 as an audit assurance partner and worked in KPMG's Salt Lake City, San Francisco, New York City, Silicon Valley and Frankfurt, Germany offices. Mr. Jones serves on the board of directors of Schiff Nutrition International, a public company, as well as two privately held companies. Mr. Jones is a licensed certified public accountant in Utah. Mr. Jones' extensive public and private accounting background, especially that of serving as an audit partner with an international public accounting firm, position him to make an effective contribution to the understanding of the financial and accounting requirements and needs of the Company and allow him to serve as the Board's "financial expert".

Anders D. Hove, M.D. has served as our director since October 2008 and is a general partner of Venrock Associates, a venture capital firm, which he joined in January 2004. From 1996 to 2004, Dr. Hove was a fund manager at BB Biotech Fund, an investment firm. From 2002 to 2003, he also served as the chief executive officer of Bellevue Asset Management, the asset manager of BB Biotech and BB Medtech. Dr. Hove serves on the board of directors of a number of privately held companies. He received an M.D. from the University of Copenhagen, a M.Sc. from the Technical University of Denmark and an MBA from INSEAD. Dr. Hove is Venrock's designee for nomination to the Board of Directors of WorldHeart. Mr. Hove's extensive financial background, including his experience with several large venture funds, positions him to contribute to the Company as it explores various capital raise activities in the future. Additionally his medical training and experience allow him to make an effective contribution to the Company as it advances its clinical trials.

John Alexander Martin has served as our President, Chief Executive Office and Director since February 2009. Prior to joining us, Mr. Martin was President of the North American Region and Corporate Vice President of Edwards LifeSciences since 2004. Prior to 2004, he was with Cordis Corporation, a Johnson and Johnson company where he served as Senior Vice President of International and earlier as Vice President of Sales and Marketing. Mr. Martin earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Kentucky at Lexington. Mr. Martin's experience with the Company, especially that of serving as President and Chief Executive Officer, bring the requisite detailed knowledge of the Company to the Board. Additionally, Mr. Martin's historical experience in various sales and marketing roles with medical device companies will be valuable to the Company as it accelerates its clinical trial activities and prepares for commercialization of medical device products.

Austin W. Marxe has served as our director since October 2008, and serves as the President and is a shareholder of AWM Investment Company Inc. ("AWM"). AWM, a Delaware corporation, is a registered Investment Adviser as defined in the Investment Advisory Act of 1940. Mr. Marxe continues to play an integral part in the management of each of Special Situations Fund III, L.P. ("SSF3"), Special Situations Fund III QP, L.P., Special Situations Cayman Fund, L.P., Special Situations Technology Fund, L.P., Special Situations Technology Fund II, L.P., Special Situations Private Equity Fund, L.P. and Special Situations Life Sciences Fund, L.P. (formed in 2005). SSF3 is a registered Investment Company as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940. Mr. Marxe is a member of each of the general partners of the above Funds and is also a limited partner of MGP and serves as an Individual General Partner of SSF3. Mr. Marxe is Special Situations Funds' designee for nomination to the Board of Directors of WorldHeart. Mr. Marxe's extensive financial experience in serving as president of an investment company and member of several investment funds, positions him to effectively contribute to the Company as it explores various capital funding alternatives in the future. Mr. Marxe also brings to the Board substantial leadership skills.