Lu Michael
Barbuto D.C., F.C.C.S.(c), F.C.C.R.(c) – President
and CEO
Dr. Barbuto founded the Company in 1989. He has a very strong
combination of successful business acumen and health issue
expertise. He has sat on various health industry advisory
boards and associations and in 1992 he won the award for
Ontario Chiropractor of the Year. His book, the Back Power
Program, was selected as the “Premier Back Program”
by the United States National Safety Council and the program
is used by most workers compensation boards throughout Canada.
His background includes lecturer, co-author of several medical
texts, and medical consultant to the Workers Compensation
Board and other organizations.
KC Lim –
Chairman of the Board
Mr. Lim is the Managing Director of Pluris Advisory Inc.,
a company which he co-founded in November 2004. Pluris Advisory
Inc. specializes in strategic and corporate finance advisory
services including mergers, acquisitions, divestitures and
financings in the technology sector. Prior to co-founding
Pluris Advisory Inc., Mr. Lim assisted in setting up Bank
of Montreal Capital Corporation, a wholly-owned subsidiary
of Bank of Montreal and the venture capital arm of the bank.
Mr. Lim was the Chief Operating Officer and Managing Director
of Bank of Montreal Capital Corporation from October 1995
to April 2004. Mr. Lim has sat on the boards of directors
of numerous private and public companies. Mr. Lim has more
than 20 years of experience in the financial industry. He
obtained his Master of Arts from Lakehead University. He
is a member of the Canadian Venture Capital Association.
John G.
McLaughlin
Mr. McLaughlin is the president of Tall Oak Management Inc.,
a privately held management and investment company. From
1984 to 2002 he was with Extendicare Inc. During this time
he acted as President & Chief Operating Officer of Extendicare
Health Services Inc. (one of the largest providers of nursing
and
rehabilitation services in the United States) and as Managing
Director (Chief Executive Officer) of Extendicare (UK) Ltd.
(one of the largest providers of nursing home and acute
care hospital businesses in that country). He currently
is on the board of and sits as the Chair of Futuremed Healthcare
Income Fund, a publicly traded income trust. Mr. McLaughlin
brings a wealth of senior management experience to the Board
of Directors of the Corporation.
Marc Kealey
Mr. Kealey is the President of Freeman Mandel Milne &
Kealey (“FMMK”) currently providing services
for companies doing business in Eastern Europe, Asia, and
North America. FMMK provides advice and implements programs
for domestic and international clients, including governments
and large infrastructure organizations. From February 2004
to 2007, he was the Chief Executive Officer for the Ontario
Pharmacists Association. During his tenure he increased
government awareness of pharmacists, demonstrated in several
legislative initiatives in Ontario including: Bill 102 (Transparent
Drug System for Patients Act), Bill 171, HPRAC and increased
funding for chronic disease management. From 1997 to 2000
he acted as Senior Vice President for Veritas Communications
Inc., Toronto, ON. Previously he was a consultant doing
projects in the Northwest Territories, Cuba, Dominican Republic
and Latin America. He was the first Canadian to successfully
negotiate a large scale energy infrastructure program in
Cuba.
David
Kassie
David Kassie has been the Chairman and CEO of Genuity Capital
Markets since 2004. Previously he was the Chairman and Chief
Executive Officer of CIBC World Markets and the Vice Chairman
of CIBC. Mr. Kassie has extensive experience as an advisor,
underwriter and principal. He sits on a number of corporate
boards. Mr. Kassie is actively involved in community and
charitable organizations and is on the boards of the Hospital
for Sick Children, the Ivey School of Business and the Toronto
International Film Festival Group. Mr. Kassie holds a B.Comm.
(Honours) in Economics from McGill University and an MBA
from the Richard Ivey School of Business at the University
of Western Ontario.
Sidney
Braun
Sidney Braun is the President of ROMlight International
Inc. He was the President and COO of Med-Emerg International
from 2004, until 2007. Prior prior to joining Med-Emerg
International, Mr. Braun was an exclusive subcontractor
to Poalim/IBI, the largest investment bank in Israel, covering
the European financial markets. For approximately two years
prior to that, Mr. Braun was a representative for Raphael
Zorn Helmsley, a UK investment bank, and in that role he
assisted in taking Israeli based companies public on the
AIM stock exchange in London, England.
