People: HeartWare International Inc (HTWR.O)

Dr. Denis Newell Wade is Non-Executive Independent Director of HeartWare International, Inc., since December 15, 2004. From 1998 until his retirement in 2003, Dr. Wade was Managing Director of Johnson & Johnson Research Pty Ltd, a research arm of Johnson & Johnson. Prior to that position, he was the Foundation Professor of Clinical Pharmacology at the University of New South Wales in Australia. Dr. Wade has served on a number of industry and Government bodies in Australia. He is a former President of the Australian Society of Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and has held senior positions in the International Union of Pharmacology, serving as Chairman of the Clinical Pharmacology Section. Dr. Wade holds a Bachelor degree in Medicine and Surgery from the University of New South Wales (Australia) and a Doctorate in Philosophy from Oxford (in the United Kingdom). He was awarded an Honorary Doctorate in Science from the University of New South Wales. He is a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians and the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering. Dr. Wade currently serves as a director of ChemGenex Pharmaceuticals Ltd., a company listed on the Australian Securities Exchange (“ASX”), and Biotron Limited, also listed on the ASX.