Minute Insight: HeartFlow Drops SPAC Plan; Names New Leadership

John Farquhar, who served as HeartFlow’s COO since August 2021, will now lead the cardiac imaging company as CEO. The move comes just weeks after HeartFlow terminated plans to go public through a merger with a special purpose acquisition company.

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• Source: Informa/Alamy

HeartFlow promoted John Farquhar to CEO starting 1 March.

Farquhar joined HeartFlow in August as COO and became president and a member of the company’s board of directors in January.

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