Investors | Corporate Governance
Edesa Board of Directors
Carlo Sistilli, CPA, CMA
Board Chair
Joan Chypyha
Board Director
Sean MacDonald
Board Director
Patrick Marshall
Board Director
Par Nijhawan, MD, FRCPC, AGAF
Board Director, Chief Executive Officer
Frank Oakes
Board Director
Mr. Oakes has more than 40 years of executive leadership experience. He has been a director of the company since April 2010 and served as the Chairman of the Board until June 2019. From 1999 to 2019, he also served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of the company’s legacy operating subsidiary, which he founded. Prior to founding Stellar Biotechnologies, Inc., he was the Chief Executive Officer of The Abalone Farm, Inc., where he led the company through the research and development, capitalization, and commercialization phases of development to become the largest abalone producer in the United States at the time. Mr. Oakes has consulted and lectured around the world. He received his BS degree from California State Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo and is a graduate of the Los Angeles Regional Technology Alliance University’s management program. Mr. Oakes qualifications to serve on the board of directors include his extensive operational experience building companies and management teams and leading a U.S. and Canadian publicly listed life science company.
Charles Olson, DSc
Board Director
Contacting the Board
To contact Edesa’s Board of Directors or Audit Committee, please write to:
Board of Directors
Edesa Biotech Inc.
100 Spy Court
Markham, ON L3R 5H6
Canada
Committee Composition
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Joan Chypyha | ![]() |
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Patrick Marshall | ![]() |
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Frank Oakes | ![]() |
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Charles Olson | ![]() |
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Carlo Sistilli | ![]() |
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