Michel Darnaud was elected as a Director of our Company in June 2005. Since February 2008, he as served as President of the Cardiopulmonary Intercontinental Business Unit for Sorin (Italy).  From October 2005 through January 2008, Mr. Darnaud served as Consultant - Medical Technology for Europe with Spencer Stuart (Paris).  He served as President of the European Division (Paris) of Boston Scientific Corporation, a producer of medical device products, from 1998 through June 2005. From 1992 until 1997, he worked for Baxter International. Mr. Darnaud was the European President of the Baxter Cardio Vascular Group from 1996 until 1997. From 1994 to 1996 he served as the Vice President of the Renal Division; and from 1992 to 1994 he served as the Area Vice President of the Renal Division. During 1991, Mr. Darnaud served as the General Manager of Diagnostica Stago, a company that manufactures specialty diagnostic products. From 1977 to 1990, he worked with Baxter International. Mr. Darnaud has been a member of the European Medical Device Industry Association since 2002 and its President since October 2004. He graduated from Ecole des Hautes Etudes Commerciales du Nord in 1973.

Cheryl A. Hoffman-Bray was elected as a Director of the Company in June 2005. Since August 2006, Ms. Hoffman-Bray has served as the Chief Financial Officer of the Education Development Center, Inc., a non-profit organization that manages projects addressing world wide education and health care needs.  From October 2004 through March 2006, she served as the Senior Advisor to the Executive Dean of Harvard University.  She served as the Dean of Finance and Chief Financial Officer of Harvard’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences from March 2000 until October 2004. Ms. Hoffman Bray served as Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President of Finance at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center from May 1998 to May 1999. From October 1996 until May 1998, she served as the Medical Center’s Vice President of Finance. From January 1995 to October 1996, Ms. Hoffman Bray served as the Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the New England Deaconess Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts. From June 1984 to December 1994, she worked for Albany Memorial Health Systems, Inc., serving as their Vice President and Chief Financial Officer from July 1989 until December 1994 and as the Controller and Director of Fiscal Services from June 1984 until July 1989. From 1980 until May 1984, she was employed by Coopers & Lybrand.  Ms. Hoffman-Bray graduated from the State University of New York at Albany 1979 with a Bachelor of Science in Accounting and received her Master of Science from the University in 1980. Ms. Hoffman-Bray is a member of the Boston Club and a Director of the Harvard Cooperative Society.

Philippe J.C. Gastone was elected as a Director of our Company in June 2005. From September 2000 until February 2008 he served as the Senior Vice President in Charge of Corporate Business Development for Europe and Americas of Cemex. From 1999 to 2000, he served as a partner of Dome & Cie, a French investment bank. From 1997 to 1999, Mr. Gastone served as a director of Merrill Lynch (London and Paris). From 1994 to 1997, he was the Executive Director, in charge of the Mergers and Acquisitions Origination Group for Europe, of Union Bank of Switzerland (London). From 1984 to 1994, Mr. Gastone worked at Booz, Allen & Hamilton, focusing on strategy and mergers & acquisitions advisory. From 1977 to 1982, he worked as a consultant for The Boston Consulting Group. In 1983, Mr. Gastone received his MBA from INSEAD in Fontainebleau, France in 1983. He graduated from the Ecole des Hautes Etudes Commerciales in 1977 with a B.A.

Alberto J. Bautista was elected as a Director of our Company in June 2005. Mr. Bautista has been a Sector Partner for 3i, an international private equity firm, since October 2006.  From January 2004 until October 2006, Mr. Bautista worked as the the Founder and Principal Consultant of AJB Consulting since January 2004. AJB Consulting is a health care consulting practice based in Singapore, focused on small and medium-sized companies in the life science, medical device, and biotech spaces. From June 1975 to December 2003 he worked at Baxter International in various senior executive positions, including as Vice President and Consultant of Global Renal at Baxter Japan, President of the Asian Division of Baxter Healthcare, President of Worldwide Exports for Baxter World Trade, and General Manager of various branch locations. Mr. Bautista received his M.S. in Management at the Sloan School (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) and his B.S. in Industrial Engineering at the University of the Philippines.