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Nicholas Callinan appointed Chairman
30 / 10 / 2008
At the conclusion of the Company's annual general meeting today, Nicholas Callinan was appointed Chairman of Sunshine Heart, Inc. following the retirement of Malcolm McComas who remains as a non-executive director.
Mr Callinan is the founder and managing partner of Collins Hill Pty Ltd which provides advice to institutional investors and funds managers in the global private equity and venture capital markets where he has worked for over 20 years in several countries including the UK and USA. In the early 1990's, he set up investment funds in the former communist countries of Central Europe. Previously, in the early 1980's, he was founder and chief executive of the Advent group of companies which was one of the first venture capital investment groups in Australia. He has served on a number of company boards both private and public, government bodies and charitable foundations in Australia and overseas. He has degrees in Engineering and Business Administration from the University of Melbourne.
About the Board
The board of Sunshine Heart now comprises 8 members with 6 non-executive directors and 2 executive directors:
Nicholas Callinan - Chairman
John Brennan +
Dr. Geoff Brooke +
Malcolm McComas *
Crispin Marsh *
Donal O'Dwyer *
Dr. William Peters - Medical Director and Chief Technical Officer
Don Rohrbaugh - Chief Executive Officer
+ denotes member of the Remuneration & Nomination Committee
* denotes member of the Audit, Compliance & Governance Committee
Mr Callinan is the founder and managing partner of Collins Hill Pty Ltd which provides advice to institutional investors and funds managers in the global private equity and venture capital markets where he has worked for over 20 years in several countries including the UK and USA. In the early 1990's, he set up investment funds in the former communist countries of Central Europe. Previously, in the early 1980's, he was founder and chief executive of the Advent group of companies which was one of the first venture capital investment groups in Australia. He has served on a number of company boards both private and public, government bodies and charitable foundations in Australia and overseas. He has degrees in Engineering and Business Administration from the University of Melbourne.
About the Board
The board of Sunshine Heart now comprises 8 members with 6 non-executive directors and 2 executive directors:
Nicholas Callinan - Chairman
John Brennan +
Dr. Geoff Brooke +
Malcolm McComas *
Crispin Marsh *
Donal O'Dwyer *
Dr. William Peters - Medical Director and Chief Technical Officer
Don Rohrbaugh - Chief Executive Officer
+ denotes member of the Remuneration & Nomination Committee
* denotes member of the Audit, Compliance & Governance Committee