ReMAP Announces Latest Governance Appointments

Toronto, Canada, January 28, 2015 – Brad Jackson, Board Chair, ReMAP and Irene Sterian, Executive Director, ReMAP are pleased to announce the appointment of Bruce Good, Executive Director, Conference Board of Canada as Board Vice Chair, ReMAP. They are also pleased to announce the appointment of Philip Turi, General Counsel & Director, Global Business Services at the Canadian Manufacturers & Exporters as a new member of the ReMAP Board of Directors.The ReMAP Finance & Audit Committee has been formed with the appointment of Dan Wasserman, Executive in Residence, ventureLAB, George Pinho, Ph.D., President, Christie Medical Holdings, Inc. and Paul Johnston, Senior Associate, Hickling Arthurs Low. The above appointments complete the network’s Board fulfillment.Mr. Jackson and Ms. Sterian also welcome the following new steering committee members:Imed Zine, PhD., Principal, Technology at Roadmap Capital Inc. and Garth Smith, PhD., Director, Industry Relations at Ontario Brain Institute join the Technology Adoption & Commercialization Committee. Martin Guy, PhD., Vice-President of Product Management and Technology at TeraXion and Robert Corriveau, President & Executive Director at CPIC/Photons Canada and at RCC-Innov join the Technology Development Committee. “ReMAP is very pleased to welcome the new board and steering committee members who bring a wealth of knowledge and experience to our network,” said Irene Sterian, Executive Director, ReMAP, “Their leadership will compliment a robust team of industry experts and scientists in advancing product commercialization of innovations developed in Canada for a global market.”