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Ian Ross brings all-encompassing business knowledge and experience to his position on the Board of WorldHeart.
Most recently, from July 1999 to September 2003, Mr. Ross was Senior Director, Administration in the Dean's Office at the Richard Ivey School of Business, University of Western Ontario, with responsibility for managing the support functions for Canada's internationally renowned business school.
Previously at Ortech Corporation, Mr. Ross served consecutively as Governor, President and CEO. From 1993 to 1997, he was Chairman, President and CEO of Provincial Papers Inc., where he led a turnaround of the Company from losses of $30 million per year to a profit of $20 million. He achieved equally impressive results as President and CEO of Paperboard Industries Corp., where he developed and implemented a growth strategy that led the company from $80 million in sales and $9 million in operating earnings to sales of $700 million, and operating earnings of $70 million in 4 years.
Mr. Ross is a member of the Law Society of Upper Canada and a graduate of the Universities of Toronto and Western Ontario. He serves as a Director of Growthworks Canadian Fund Ltd. (Chair); Pet Valu Canada Inc. (Chair); Ontario Power Generation Inc.; Comcare Health Services; and e-just Systems Inc. (Chair) (formerly Praeda Systems Inc.). He also was President of the Canadian Bobsled Club and Manager of the 1972 Canadian Bobsled Team at the Olympic Games in Sapporo, Japan. | 