F. Ernest Stacey:
President and CEO, Director

Mr. Stacey has been involved with a number of laboratories across Canada in the capacities of instruction, management, inspection and quality control, specifically in the field of hematology, for over 30 years. Mr. Stacey holds a Masters of Business Administration in Marketing and is a Registered Technologist from the Canadian Society for Medical Laboratory Science.

Wayne Jefferson:
Director

Mr. Jefferson received his Certified Management Accountant Degree in 1975 and has provided organizational, administrative and financial leadership to various organizations both in the public and private sector. Mr. Jefferson served as Secretary-Treasurer for the Surrey School District of British Columbia and in 2004 was presented with the Larry Ozero Distinguished Leadership Award. Currently, Mr. Jefferson is President of Pinnacle Management Consultants, a business consulting company which offers services to clients seeking to improve financial and market performance in their core businesses and developing ideas and solutions to expand outside the core in profitable venture

Jonathan M. Pollack
Director

Mr. Pollack is president of Toronto-based The JMP Group. Established in 2000, The JMP Group provides mergers and acquisitions advice and strategic advisory services to a select group of Canadian, American and Latin American companies and family groups. Since its founding, The JMP Group has acted as financial advisor to a number of leading companies that includes Canpark Services, Lifebank Corp and IVAX Pharmaceuticals Mexico. Prior to founding The JMP Group, Mr. Pollack was vice president of Violy, Byorum & Partners LLC, a leading investment bank based in New York. 

Mr. Pollack received a Masters of Science in Finance from the London School of Economics and Political Science as well as a Bachelor of Commerce from McGill University. Mr. Pollack is a governor of Mt. Sinai Hospital, Treasurer of Leadership Sinai and is involved in several other philanthropic organizations.

J. Douglas Seppala:
Director

Mr. Seppala is a 1983 law graduate from the University of British Columbia. He has practiced in the Vancouver area since 1983 and is currently a Partner with DuMoulin Black and was previously a Partner with McCullough O’Connor Irwin, law firms practicing primarily in corporate finance and securities. He has clients in a wide range of industries and in various geographical locations. Mr. Seppala is or has been a member of a number of advisory committees to government and securities organizations.

Owen Granger:
Chief Financial Officer, Director

Mr. Granger received a B.A. (honors) from the faculty of Business Administration, Simon Fraser University, in 1981 and has been a Certified Management Accountant since 1986. From 1983 to date he has been employed in a variety of senior accounting and financial management positions for public enterprises. He has been a director and senior financial officer of companies listed on the TSE, TSX, NASDAQ and over-the-counter markets. In addition, since 1989, he has been a director and the part-time secretary treasurer of WestBond Enterprises Corporation, a public company engaged in the manufacture of disposable paper and polyethylene products for the medical, airline and industrial markets.

Alan C. Herrington:
Director

Mr. Herrington was one of the co-founders of Salman Partners Inc., an independent, research-driven investment dealer serving institutional, corporate, and individual clients since 1994.  He is Executive Vice-President and Director of Salman Partners.  He has more than 26 years combined experience in investment banking and international corporate banking.  He began his career in finance in 1981 with Chase Manhattan Bank with positions in New York and Montreal.  Subsequently, he became a key member of Nesbitt Thomson’s investment banking team in Vancouver from 1987 to 1994.  A graduate of Brigham Young University, Mr. Herrington provides corporate finance expertise to a number of corporations across a wide range of industries.  He has provided financial advice to numerous corporations regarding public equity offerings, private equity placements, and mergers and acquisitions. 

Anil K. Mangal:
Medical Director

Dr. Mangal is a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Canada in Hematology (FRCPC).  He did all his post-graduate training including Residency and Fellowship with the University of British Columbia at the Vancouver General Hospital.  He also holds Board Certification in American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) and a Masters of Business Administration (MBA) from Simon Fraser University.

Dr. Mangal is also currently Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine at the University Of British Columbia Faculty Of Medicine, a Hematopathologist with BC Biomedical Laboratories, and in active clinical hematology practice.  Previously, he was Medical Director of Canadian Blood Services (BC & Yukon Centre), from 1997 to 2001, and has held senior hematopathology positions since 1983 in both the private and public health care sectors.