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R. Ian Lennox
Director
Mr. Lennox
is Chairman of Ricerca Biosciences LLC and an
experienced board member and business executive in the
life sciences industry. He has served
as President & CEO, MDS Pharmaceutical & Biotechnology
Markets, President & CEO, MDS Drug Discovery &
Development Sector, President & CEO, Phoenix
International Life Sciences, CEO, Drug Royalty
Corporation and as the President & CEO of Monsanto
Canada. He currently serves as a director of MSBi
Ventures, MERGE Healthcare and the Company. His previous
board experience includes serving as Chairman of
Stressgen Biotechnologies Corporation, Labopharm Inc.
and Drug Royalty Corp. and as a Director of GenSci
Regeneration Inc., Marsulex Inc., Hemosol Inc. and MDS
Capital (Venture) Corp. Mr. Lennox received an Honours
B. Sc. degree in physiology and pharmacology and an
M.B.A. from The University of Western Ontario and has
completed the executive management program in finance at
the Columbia School of Business.
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Paul Walker,
M.D., Ph.D., F.R.C.S.C
Director
President & Chief Executive Officer
Spectral Diagnostics, Inc.
Dr. Walker left the position of COO of the Toronto
General Hospital to join Spectral Diagnostics Inc. as
President and CEO in April 2001. Previously, Dr. Walker was
Surgeon in Chief and Vice President of the Surgical
Directorate of the University Hospital Network. Dr. Walker
was an active Vascular Surgeon and the Director of the
Intensive Care Program, and Professor of Medicine and
Laboratory Medicine at the University of Toronto. Dr.
Walker received his M.D from the University of Western
Ontario, his Ph.D from the Salgrenska University of Göteborg
Sweden, and is the author of over 100 scientific
publications. Dr. Walker is a graduate of the Advanced
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Anthony
Bihl
Director
Mr. Bihl is an experienced executive
with more than 25 years in leadership of global
healthcare businesses, including a broad base of
operational and executive positions in large and medium
multinational healthcare firms. He was CEO of Siemens
Medical Solutions Diagnostics in 2007, responsible for
this new worldwide business unit, the combination of the
former Bayer Diagnostics and Diagnostic Products
Corporation. Prior to that Mr. Bihl served in senior
leadership roles at Bayer Healthcare Diagnostics from
2000-2006, including Senior VP of Finance and
Administration, and was President from 2004-2006,
responsible for all aspects of this worldwide business
Division. Mr. Bihl previously gained extensive
operational experience though 20 years at E.I. DuPont
Inc., concluding as a Plant Manager for medical
instrument manufacturing. He received a Bachelors’
Degree in Business Administration from Pennsylvania
State University, and is a member of the Board of
Directors for Adnavance Technologies Inc.
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Henry G.
Friesen, C.C., M.D., F.R.S.C., F.R.C.P.
Director
Dr. Friesen obtained his M.D. degree from the University of
Manitoba. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and
of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada (FRCP).
He began his career in research in endocrinology at the New
England Medical Center, Boston. His academic appointments
include McGill University from 1965 to 1973 and the
University of Manitoba 1973 to 1992, where he served as
Professor and Head of the Department of Physiology and
remains a Distinguished Professor Emeritus. Among his many
honours and achievements, Dr. Friesen was President of the
Medical Research of Canada, the visionary who conceived the
Canadian Institutes of Health Research and the founding
Chair of Genome Canada, a non-profit organization supporting
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Mr. Guillermo Herrera
Director
Mr. Herrera
is a seasoned global healthcare executive with more than
25 years of experience. Mr. Herrera spent 24 years at
Abbott Laboratories, most recently serving as Senior
Vice President, International Operations and President
of Abbott International. In this role, Mr. Herrera was
accountable for International Commercial Operations
including sales and marketing of pharmaceutical,
nutritional and hospital products in markets outside the
US. In 2004, Mr. Herrera joined Rosetta Partners LLC
as the Partner and Principal in charge of the private
equity division. Mr. Herrera received a BA in
Industrial Economics from the Universidad del Valle,
Colombia, and his MBA from the Kellogg Graduate School
of Management at Northwestern University.
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Edward E.
McCormack
Director
Mr. McCormack is an independent business consultant. From
1987 to 1999 he was the Senior Vice-President, Chief
Financial Officer and a Director of Novopharm Limited, one
of North America’s largest generic pharmaceutical product
manufacturers. Mr. McCormack was also the President of Almad
Investments Limited and Beaver Power Corporation, investment
companies associated with Novopharm Limited. Mr. McCormack’s
financial background includes specific experience in private
placements, bank financing and restructuring, acquisitions
and divestitures. He is a member of the Ontario Institute of
Chartered Accountants and the former Chairman of the Board
and Chairman of the Audit Committee at Hemosol Corp. |
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G.E.
Peterson
Director
Mr.
Peterson is a partner with the law firm of Carlyle ●
Peterson Lawyers LLP. He practises corporate law with an
emphasis on development stage biotechnology companies.
Mr. Peterson has served as a director and secretary of a
number of public and large private companies, a lecturer
at the University of Western Ontario Law School and is a
director of the Canadian Olympic Committee. He
received his law degree and M.B.A. from the University
of Western Ontario and a B.B.A. (Honours) from Simon
Fraser University.
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