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Hygea Management & Advisory Team
Management:
Ian R. Marshall, B.A.S., President
With over 35 years of business experience he provides a wealth
of knowledge & skills from his successful careers in banking,
health care education and health care product development.
His experience in conducting commerce with a wide variety of
Domestic and International businesses has developed a strong
core of leadership & communication skill, along with a depth
of knowledge in the practical aspects of undertaking commercial
trade. Ian is responsible for the day-today management of Hygea
as well as its financial, legal, marketing and partner relationships.
He is a founding shareholder of Hygea and has been directly involved
with the evolution of the research and the integration of the
scientific team since the year 2000.
irmi@hygealife.com
Janet Greenhalgh, Executive
Vice-President
As a graduate from Queen's University, Jan has a strong communicator
& people skill background, developed from 15 years of experience
in managing the day to day operations of both U.S. and Canadian
national charities. Her first charity initiative was the result
of a personal request by Mr. Gorbachev to develop a charity in
Canada focused on children's diseases. Since that time, her experiences
on medical missions with the Eisenhower Foundation and also working
with pharmaceutical companies to co-ordinate international aid
projects, has developed a highly versatile and proactive work
ethic. Jan worked with Dr. Charles Beal for over a year, prior
to his passing in 2000, to create the vision for the scope of
Hygea's research work and has been instrumental in its development,
evolution and the knitting together of its highly skilled scientific
team. Jan is also a founding director. Her day to day duties
include the responsibility for research development co-ordination,
implementation and shareholder/university relationship management.
jg@hygealife.com
Advisory Board
To assist with
its Corporate evolution, governance, patenting processes and
market entry, Hygea has initiated an Advisory Board. This board
will be composed of specialists from different skill sectors
to provide advice to Hygea as it walks along its pathway.
Chris Liggett, Founder and Managing Director of Animal Alternatives
Ltd, Surrey U.K., supplying natural and complementary equine
and pet health products to veterinarians and animal owners. Chris
is also a highly experienced Project and Marketing Manager with
extensive strategic, new product development, media, marketing
services and promotional design skills. She has worked for over
30 years in the UK Veterinary Animal Health market latterly as
a Management Consultant, and formerly in Marketing Management,
Product Development and Quality Assurance roles for U.K. divisions
for blue-chip multi-national companies: GlaxoSmithKline, American
Home Products Inc., and Dalgety Agriculture PLC. She holds an
HNC in Applied Biology and is a Member of the Chartered Institute
of Marketing.
Dorothy Marshall, Executive
Director, International Academy Health Education Centre, Practitioner, Advisory Board member
to Nuxtraxis (Canada), Director of Optimal Medical Foundation/Childhood
Disease Research Foundation & author. As a practitioner who
is a proponent of integrated medicine, Dorothy draws upon her
38 years of experience in the health field to provide practical
guidance pertaining to both business and consumer issues.
Jo-Ann McArthur, Private consultant
in the marketing and advertising industry. Jo-Ann is a proven senior marketing and operations
executive with over 20 years of experience in the marketing of
packaged goods and image-based general management, marketing,
research, sponsorship, strategic planning, database development,
broadcast and events management. She is also experienced in regulated
industries, media relations and a recognized industry leader
in experiential marketing, with her most recent assignment being
as President of Pigeon Branding.
Bart Mindszenthy is a media and communications specialist
and respected author. He is co-author of the best selling
book, Leadership@ Work: How to be an Effective Team Leader Anytime,
Anywhere, with Anyone and the sole author of No Surprises: The
Crisis Communications Management System. He is a Director of
the prestigious Empire Club of Canada and serves on the Royal-Roads
University's School of Business Advisory Board.
David Bratton is President
of Bratton Consulting Inc., a
firm dedicated to delivering high-quality, customer-focused human
resources, change management and executive coaching services
to local and national markets. Over thirty years of experience
as a management consultant and executive coach as well as successful
corporate senior management experience. He was Director of Human
Resources for London Life Insurance Company prior to becoming
an independent management consultant. Published two books, one
on HR and one on Change Management and has over one hundred articles
to his credit. He has been a freelance columnist for The London
Free Press, Business Monday. David sits on the Board of Pacific
& Western Bank (TSE:PWC), Canada's ninth largest bank. He
is Chair of the Human Resources and Corporate Governance Committee
and a member of the Conduct Review Committee. He holds an Honours
B.A. in Psychology from the University of Western Ontario; an
MBA in Organizational Behaviour from York University's Shulich
School of Business and has completed Executive Programs from
Harvard and General Electric. He is a Fellow of the Canadian
Association of Management Consultants and serves on the National
Board of the Association.
Robert A Brown is President,
RJB Canadian Business Services Inc. Founding Director and Honorary Life Member, The
Hong Kong-Canada Business Association. Former President, Eastern
Canada, Hongkong Bank of Canada (HSBC Bank Canada) and Senior
Executive with two other Canadian Banks. A specialist in Market
planning and executive management.
It is the intent to add professionals
from identified key sectors as Hygea evolves. This process will
add value and independent perspectives to the operation and evolution
of Hygea.
Dr. John Kelly is the first
executive director of MaRS Landing, a joint project partnered by the University of
Guelph, the City of Guelph, Ontario Agri-Food Technologies (OAFT),
Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, Agriculture
and Agri-Food Canada and the MaRS Discovery District.
He has a wealth of experience in the private and public sector
and has held various positions with start-ups and multinational
companies, including Land O' Lakes, Ralston Purina, Rhone-Poulenc
Canada Inc. and Aventis CropSciences Inc., as well as the Ontario
Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs.
John works towards removing barriers to growth and improve access
to tools and information in the agriculture and food, life science
and biotechnology sectors. His primary focus is to foster the
rural Ontario connection to the MaRS Discovery District, foster
the link of agriculture, food and health, and to work with new,
innovative technologies with application in this space. John
also builds on the fact that there is more synergy than ever
among traditional agriculture, food, medical sciences and manufacturing.
Professional Support Team
Patent Lawyers - Lang Michener
BCE Place Suite 2500, 181 Bay St. Toronto ON M5J 2T7
Lead Counsel: Kevin Holbeche
General Counsel - McBride, Wallace Laurent & Cord
5464 Dundas St. West, Suite 200, Toronto ON M9B 1B4
Lead Counsel: Michael C.J McBride
Accountant - Yeung & Co. Chartered Accountants
Markham ON
Lead Accountant: Peter Yeung |
