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John A. Beaulieu, a US citizen, of Vancouver, Washington, USA, joined the Board of Directors in September
of 1997 and was appointed
Chairman in 2002. He is also currently Chair of the Human Resources and Compensation Committee. Mr. Beaulieu co-founded Cascadia
Pacific Management, LLP,
a venture capital fund in Portland, Oregon, in 1990 and has been actively involved in finding, financing, and assisting in the
growth of more than 70
emerging growth technology-based companies since 1986. Mr. Beaulieu's business career included being President of Steelcraft
Corporation and holding other
general management positions at American Standard & Evans Products. Earlier executive employment was at Proctor &
Gamble, Ford Motor Co., and
Arthur Young & Co. Mr. Beaulieu obtained a Bachelor of Commerce degree (1956) and a Masters of Business Administration
degree (1963), both from
Santa Clara University of California. Mr. Beaulieu is also a member of the board of directors of Mala Noche Resources Corp.
(a mineral and exploration company), other privately-held venture backed enterprises, and one socially focused organization.
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Warren J. Baker, a US citizen, of Avila Beach, California, USA, joined Westport's board in September of 2002.
He is currently Chair of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. He has been President of California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo,
California since 1979. Dr. Baker is a Fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers, a Fellow in the Engineering Society of Detroit, a member of the board
of directors of the California Council for Science and Technology, and a member of the U.S. Business-Higher Education Forum. Dr. Baker has served as a
member of the U.S. National Science Board, and has served as Chair of the board of directors of the ASCE Civil Engineering Research Foundation. Dr. Baker
is also a member of the board of directors of John Wiley & Sons, Inc. of Hoboken, New Jersey, a New York Stock Exchange listed global publisher of print
and electronic products, specializing in scientific, technical, and medical books and journals. Dr. Baker also served on the board of directors of
the Society of Manufacturing Engineers' Education Foundation, and is a member of the Board of Governors, U.S. - Mexico Foundation for Science and
a member of the board of directors, MESA California (Mathematics-Engineering-Science Achievement).
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Henry F. Bauermeister Jr., a US citizen, of Lee's Summit, Missouri, USA, joined Westport's board in October of 2005.
He is currently Chair of the Audit and OEM Committee. From 1995 to 2005, Mr. Bauermeister was the President of Cummins Mid-America, the Cummins distributor
for Kansas and Missouri, located in Kansas City. From 1978 to 1995, he was President of Diesel ReCon at Cummins Inc., the business unit
responsible for remanufacturing and reselling used engines and parts. Under Mr. Bauermeister's leadership, revenues at Cummins Diesel ReCon grew tenfold. Mr.
Bauermeister is a Certified Public Accountant (Indiana) and received his bachelor's degree from the University of Nebraska where he majored in
Accounting and minored in Economics. Mr. Bauermeister has held a number of financial positions within Cummins including the Group Controller position for the Components Group.
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M.A. (Jill) Bodkin, a Canadian citizen, of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, has been a member of Westport's board since July 2008.
She has been the Chair and Chief Executive Officer of Golden Heron Enterprises since 1996. In 2007, Ms. Bodkin was also appointed
Director for Canadian Development for KCTS 9 Television, the Seattle, Washington based Pacific Northwest PBS station. From 1987 to 1996, Ms.
Bodkin was with Ernst & Young as a Corporate Finance Partner, advising on financing technology companies and capital projects in North America
and Asia. After her early career in trade and finance in Ottawa, in 1981 Ms. Bodkin became British Columbia's first woman Deputy Minister,
responsible for financial institutions, and later, Founding Chair of the British Columbia Securities Commission. Her mid-career graduate
studies were in public finance at the Maxwell School, Syracuse University. Ms. Bodkin is a Governor and former Chair of the Vancouver Board
of Trade, as well as a former member of the boards of directors of the Laurentian Bank of Canada and KCTS 9 Television. Ms. Bodkin is the
President of the Board of Pacific Coast Television, as well as President of Yaletown Venture Partners, VCC, Vancouver, and is a member of the
Oversight Council for the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants. She has served on boards of policy think tanks, including the Thailand
Development Research Institute, the Institute for Research in Public Policy in Canada, and the Canada West Foundation.
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David R. Demers, a Canadian citizen, of West Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, is a founder of Westport and has been Chief
Executive Officer and a director since the company was formed in March of 1995. Mr. Demers obtained a Bachelor of Physics Degree in 1976 and a Bachelor
of Laws Degree in 1978, both from the University of Saskatchewan. Mr. Demers is also a member of the board of directors of
Mala Noche Resources Corp. (a mineral and exploration company), Cummins Westport Inc., a private company in which Westport has a 50% investment, and Juniper Engines Inc., a private
company in which Westport has a 49% investment.
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J. Michael Gallagher, a dual US and Canadian citizen, of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, has been a
member of Westport's board since July of 2007 and is currently Senior Adviser for Westport. Previously, Dr. Gallagher held the
position of Westport's President Chief Operating Officer. He is also a member of the board of directors of Cummins Westport Inc.
and BTIC Westport Inc., both private companies in which Westport has a 50% investment. Prior to joining Westport, Dr. Gallagher
was Senior Vice-President, Operations, Americas, for Fluor Corp., an international engineering company headquartered in California. He also held senior executive positions with the
London-based multinational engineering firm Kvaerner Group, as well as with the Bechtel Group in San Francisco. Dr. Gallagher is also on the
board of several non-profit organizations, including the California Natural Gas Vehicle Partnership, WestStart-CALSTART and the Canadian
Centre for Policy Ingenuity.
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Dezsö J. Horváth, a Canadian citizen, of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, has been a member of Westport's board
since September 2001. He is currently Chair of the Strategy Committee. He is the Dean and holds the Tanna H. Schulich Chair in Strategic
Management at the Schulich School of Business at York University in Toronto, Ontario, where he has taught since 1977. He holds an
electrical engineering degree, as well as degrees in management (MBA, Licentiate, PhD) from Swedish universities. After an early R&D
career with the Swedish multinational ASEA (now ABB) in the electrical industry, he accepted senior academic appointments at Swedish and
then Canadian universities. Since becoming Schulich's Dean in 1988, Dr. Horváth has worked with internal and external stakeholders to
position Schulich as "Canada's Global Business School™". In addition to publishing books and articles on strategic management and
international business, Dr. Horváth has been engaged by major corporations and governments as a consultant in these fields. In addition
to his membership on corporate boards in the past, Dr. Horváth is currently a Director of Inscape Corporation and Samuel, Son & Co.
Limited. He is also on the board of The Toronto International Leadership Centre for Financial Sector Supervision (a non-profit organization),
as well as being on the Advisory Board of the St. Petersburg University Graduate School of Management and the International Advisory Council
of the Guanghua School of Management, Peking University. He is a Co-Founder of the Czech Management Centre, Prague, and the International
Management Centre, Hungary (now part of the Central European University in Budapest). Dr. Horváth is a member of the Strategic Management
Society, the Academy of Management and the Academy of International Business (AIB). In 2004, he was named AIB International Dean
of the Year. Dr. Horváth was chosen as a member of the Order of Canada in July 2008 for his academic leadership and
sustained commitment to business education in Canada.
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Sarah Liao Sau Tung, a Hong Kong SAR citizen, of Hong Kong, People's Republic of China, has been a member
of Westport's board since July 2008. Dr. Liao is the former Secretary for the Environment, Transport and Works of the Hong Kong
Special Administrative Region and a member of the Executive Council of Hong Kong 2002-2007. In 1988, Dr. Liao founded an
environmental consulting company, and from 2001 to 2008 served as the environmental presenter/advisor for the Beijing 2008
Olympic Games Bid/Organizing Committee. She is currently the Senior Advisor to the Vice Chancellor of the University of Hong Kong
on Sustainability, a member of the Chinese Council for International Cooperation on Environment and Development under the State
Council, and a member of the Board of Trustees of Environmental Defense Fund. She is a Fellow of the Hong Kong Institution of
Engineers; a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry, UK; Honorary Professor, Civil Engineering Department, and a Fellow of the
University of Hong Kong. She earned her bachelor's degree in chemistry and botany, master's degree in inorganic chemistry and
doctorate in environmental/occupational health from the University of Hong Kong. Dr. Liao was awarded a master's degree in
analytical chemistry by the University of Birmingham, UK. She was awarded the Justice of the Peace in 1994, the Most Excellent
Order of the British Empire (MBE) in 1997 and the Gold Bauhinia Star (GBS) in 2007.
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Andrew J. Littlefair, a US citizen, of Newport Beach, California, USA, has been a member of Westport's board
since July of 2007. He is President, Chief Executive Officer and a director of Clean Energy Fuels Corp. (a publicly traded company).
From 1996 to 2001, Mr. Littlefair served as President of Pickens Fuel Corp. From 1987 to 1996, Mr. Littlefair served in various
management positions at Mesa, Inc., an energy company of which Boone Pickens was Chief Executive Officer. From 1983 to 1987, Mr.
Littlefair served in the Reagan Administration as a presidential aide. Mr. Littlefair is also currently Chairman of NGV America,
a U.S. advocacy group for natural gas vehicles. Mr. Littlefair holds a B.A. from the University of Southern California.
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Albert Maringer, a Canadian citizen, of Canmore, Alberta, Canada, has been a member of Westport's board since July 2008.
He has been the founder, President and Chief Executive Officer of Maringer Consulting Alberta Ltd. since June of 2007. Prior
to 2007, Dr. Maringer held the position of President and Chief Executive Officer of Siemens Canada Limited from 2000 to 2006.
Dr. Maringer's career with Siemens AG spans a 46 year period during which, prior to 2000, Dr. Maringer held the following positions
within Siemens AG's operations or subsidiaries: President, ATD TD Division for five years; General Manager of North America Motor
Operations for four years; plus various management and engineering leadership roles including strategy development, R&D,
manufacturing and project management. Dr. Maringer has served as a member of the board of directors for The Conference Board of
Canada in Ottawa and is currently the Co-Chair for the Centre for Foreign Owned Enterprises at the Conference Board of Canada.
He has also served as a member of the board of directors of the Canadian Nuclear Association. Dr. Maringer is a board member,
Economic Council with the City of Mississauga; member of the Board of Trustees, Calgary Zoo, Calgary; and is a director and
Chairman Emerit with the German-Canadian Chamber of Commerce and Industry. Dr. Maringer is also a member of the board with
Clinicare Inc., a healthcare information technology company in Calgary, Alberta, and an advisory board member of Skypower
Corporation in Toronto, Ontario. Dr. Maringer is a member of the advisory committee for the Center for German-European Studies
at York University, Ontario, serves on the advisory council of the Schulich School of Business, Ontario, and is a Professor
and Chair of International Management, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität in Germany.
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