December 21, 2009 (FinancialWire) — ev3 Inc. (NASDAQ: EVVV) announced the promotion of two executives effective January 1, 2010. Pascal E.R. Girin has been promoted to the newly created position of executive vice president and chief operating officer, and David Mowry has been promoted to senior vice president and president, worldwide neurovascular.

As chief operating officer, Girin will have global operating responsibility for ev3’s peripheral vascular, neurovascular and international businesses. Girin has served as ev3’s executive vice president and president, worldwide neurovascular and international since July 2008. Prior to this, Girin served as senior vice president and president of international from August 2007 to July 2008; president of international from July 2005 to August 2007 and European general manager from September 2003 to July 2005. Prior to joining ev3, Girin served in various capacities at BioScience Europe Baxter Healthcare Corp. from September 1998 to August 2003. Girin received an Engineering Education at the French Ecole des Mines.

In his new role, Mowry will have global responsibility for ev3’s neurovascular business. Mowry has served as ev3’s senior vice president, strategy and corporate operations since July 2008. Prior to this, he served as senior vice president, corporate manufacturing from October 2007 to July 2008 and vice president of operations from November 2006 to October 2007. Prior to ev3, Mowry served as the vice president of operations and logistics at the Zimmer-Spine division of the Zimmer Corp. from February 2004 to November 2006. Prior to Zimmer, he was the president and chief operating officer of Heartstent. Mowry is a graduate of the United States Military Academy in West Point, New York with a degree in Engineering and Mathematics.

Since its founding in 2000, ev3 has been dedicated to developing breakthrough and clinically proven technologies for the endovascular treatment of peripheral vascular and neurovascular diseases.

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