Board of Directors

Peter Lacey, ICD.D

Chairman of Cervus Equipment Corporation (CERV.TO), from inception to date.

President and Chief Executive Officer of Cervus Equipment Corporation and its predecessor entities from 1982 to April 2012.

Cervus is a company he and his partners started in 1999 and built from five John Deere dealerships to 63 dealerships selling six brands in three countries with revenues of $1.1 Billion.

Graduate of the Institute of Corporate Directors Education Program at the University of Toronto.

Dr. Ronnie Hershman, M.D., F.C.C.S.

Graduated Magna Cum Laude from Sophie Davis Center for Biomedical Research in 1980.

Practicing Cardiologist since 1987 and Medical Director of NYU Langone Long island Cardiac Care.

Pioneer in performing laser assisted coronary angioplasty.

Entrepreneur and investor for more than two decades and director and/or officer of over 9 life science companies.

Track record of investing in companies that commercialize technologies quickly and globally.

Advisor to late stage life science VC that has funded 24 companies.

Thomas A. Smeenk, BA

Founder, President and VP Business Development, TheraVitae Inc., which went public as Hemostemix Inc. QT.

A finance and business development executive with a proven track record of bringing new discoveries to market.

A public company executive since 1996, serving most recently as President & CEO of Broadway Gold Mining Ltd, where he completed a $30  million agreement with Rio Tinto.

Prior, VP Business Development, Memex Inc. (TSXV:MEM); President & CEO of e-Manufacturing Networks Inc. (TSXV:OEE); President and CEO of Tyranex Gold Inc. and President and CEO of IBI Corporation

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Loran Swanberg

Part owner and a director of a private company, Landsman Properties Ltd. since 2005. Landsman owns and leases out shop and office space in North East British Columbia and Alberta.

From 1992 to 2005, Mr. Swanberg was a director of the family owned oilfield transportation company, Swanberg Bros. Trucking Ltd., which was purchased by Producers Oilfield Services Inc. in 2005.

Director of privately held Swanberg Air Inc. from 2000 to 2012, and was a director of the Northern B.C. Truckers’ Association for 10 years, 1992 to 2002.

Most recently, Mr. Swanberg was a partner and director of Vieworx Geophoto Inc. from 2012 until Q1 2020.