John Alexander Martin

JOHN ALEXANDER (ALEX) MARTIN joined World Heart Corporation as Director,
President and CEO in February 2009. Mr. Martin was most recently at Edwards
Lifesciences where he was President of the North American Region and Corporate
Vice President from 2004. Previously, he was with Cordis Corporation, a Johnson
and Johnson 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 US coronary therapeutic and diagnostic device sales and
under his leadership the company experienced significant growth and became the
market leader. Mr. Martin 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. Bard’s 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.