Board of Directors
Richard J. Clothier - Non-Executive Chairman of the Board
Ronald L. Stotish, PhD - President and Chief Executive Officer
Anita S. Hamilton – Non-Executive Director
Richard L. Huber - Non-Executive Director
David R. Stevens, DVM, PhD - Non-Executive Director
| Richard J. Clothier Non-Executive Chairman of the Board Chairman, Corporate Governance and Nominations Committee Richard J. Clothier has served as Chairman of the Board of AquaBounty since April 2006. He has also served as Chairman of Robinson Plc since 2004 and of Spearhead International Ltd since 2005. He recently retired as Group Chief Executive of PGI Group Plc, an international agricultural products producer, following 20 years with the Dalgety Plc where he was Group CEO until 1997. He holds a BSc in Agriculture from Natal University and an AMP from Harvard Business School. |
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| Ronald L. Stotish, PhD President and Chief Executive Officer Ronald L. Stotish was appointed an Executive Director, President and Chief Executive Officer of AquaBounty Technologies in May 2008. Dr. Stotish joined AquaBounty in 2006 as Vice President for Regulatory Affairs, and most recently was Senior Vice President for R&D and Regulatory Affairs. Prior to joining AquaBounty, Dr. Stotish was Executive Vice President for R&D at MetaMorphix, Inc. He has served as Vice President for Pharmaceutical Research and Development at Fort Dodge Animal Health, and held a variety of positions at American Cyanamid. He began his career in research at Merck. Dr. Stotish has degrees in biochemistry and over 40 years experience in the discovery, development, and commercialization of new animal health products. |
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| Anita S. Hamilton Non-Executive Director Member, Compensation Committee Member, Audit Committee Anita Hamilton joined the Board of AquaBounty in November 2010. Ms. Hamilton is currently a partner and managing director of the private equity fund, Linnaeus Capital Partners, B.V., having joined in 2009. Prior to Linnaeus, she was employed by Carlyle Limited and was a director of Cairn BD Limited from February 2007 to July 2009. Ms. Hamilton was head of Business Development at Hutchison Westports Limited from 1991 to 2005 and was Group Management Accountant at Furness Withy Terminals Limited from 1990 to 1991. |
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| Richard L. Huber Non-Executive Director Chairman, Audit Committee Richard Huber joined the Board of AquaBounty after the Company’s public offering in 2006. Mr. Huber is the former Chairman, President and CEO of Aetna, a major U.S, health insurer, and is currently an independent investor in a number of companies operating in a wide range of businesses, mainly in South America. Following a 40 year career in the financial services industry, Mr. Huber now serves as a Director of Gafisa, the largest integrated residential housing developer in Brazil, and Antarctic Shipping SA of Chile, as well as several other companies in the U.S. and elsewhere in the world. He holds an AB in Chemistry from Harvard. |
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| David R. Stevens, DVM, PhD Non-Executive Director Chairman, Compensation Committee David R. Stevens has been a Director of AquaBounty since June 2002. Dr. Stevens has worked in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries since 1978. He is currently Chairman of Cedus, Inc., a development stage biopharmaceutical company. He is also a board member of Poniard Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Micro-Imaging Solutions, LLC, both life science development stage companies. He was an advisor to Bay City Capital from 1999 to 2006. Dr. Stevens was previously President and CEO of Deprenyl Animal Health, Inc., a veterinary pharmaceutical company, from 1990 to 1998, and Vice President, Research and Development, of Agrion Corp., a biotechnology company, from 1985 to 1988. He began his career in pharmaceutical research and development at the former Upjohn Company, where he contributed to the preclinical evaluation of Xanax and Halcion. Dr. Stevens received BS and DVM degrees from Washington State University, and a PhD in Comparative Pathology from the University of California, Davis. He is a Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Pathologists. Back to Top |
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