Sequana Medical NV announces the appointment of Doug Kohrs as an independent Non-Executive Director of the Company. Mr. Kohrs is a highly experienced US executive with a track record of more than 40 years in the medical device industry. Mr. Kohrs added: "I look forward to working with the Sequana Medical Board and management team to successfully bring the alfapump and DSR treatments to patients in need.

Drug-resistant fluid overload is a big challenge, particularly in the US where NASH is an increasing problem and each year 200,000 heart failure patients are repeatedly hospitalized with fluid overload. Based on real world patient experiences and clinical trial results, I believe that Sequana Medical is well-positioned to help these patients." Mr. Kohrs currently serves as the President and CEO of Responsive Arthroscopy, a company he founded that focusses on innovative surgical solutions for orthopedic surgery centers. In 2013, he also founded Responsive Orthopedics, a value-based medical device company, where he served as CEO until it was acquired by Medtronic in June 2016.

From 2006 to 2012, he was CEO and President of Tornier NV, and from 1999 to 2005 he was CEO and President of American Medical Systems. Mr. Kohrs was also a founder of Spine Tech, a pioneering spinal surgery company, where he worked in RD and Marketing roles from 1991 to 1998. Prior to that, he spent seven years with Johnson and Johnson Orthopedics as the Chief Designer for the Press Fit Condylar (PFC) knee and PFC hip systems. Mr. Kohrs currently serves on the Board of Directors of Cerapedics, Lima Orthopedics, Osteal Therapeutics, UroTronic, and Vergent Bioscience. Mr. Kohrs has previously served on the public company boards of ev3 (acquired by Covidien), Kyphon (acquired by Medtronic), and Protolabs, and the private company boards of Imascap (acquired by Wright Medical), Pioneer Surgical (acquired by RTI Surgical), SpineCore (acquired by Stryker), and five other boards.

Mr. Kohrs holds a B.S. in Bioengineering from Texas AM University, a B.A. in Engineering Sciences from Austin College and an MBA from Northeastern University. The appointment of Mr. Kohrs is subject to the approval of the Board of Directors and will also be submitted for approval to the Company's next Meeting of Shareholders. His appointment is effective as of today.