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Audit
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Nominating and Governance
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Compensation
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Isa Odidi, Ph.D., MBA
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Chairman, CEO, CSO
In 1998, Dr. Isa Odidi co-founded Intellipharmaceutics Inc., the predecessor of publicly-traded Intellipharmaceutics International Inc. From 1995 to 1998, Dr. Odidi held positions, first as Director, then as Vice President of Research of Drug Development and New Technologies, at Biovail Corporation International (now Biovail Corporation), a drug delivery company. Prior to 1995, Dr. Isa Odidi held senior positions in academia and in the pharmaceutical and health care industries. His work has been cited in textbooks and he has published over a hundred scientific and medical papers, articles, and textbooks. He currently holds a Chair as Professor of Pharmaceutical Technology at the Toronto Institute of Pharmaceutical Technology in Canada, and is an Adjunct Professor at the Institute for Molecular Medicine in California. Dr. Odidi received his B.Sc. degree in Pharmacy, and his M.Sc. in Pharmaceutical Technology and his Ph.D. in Pharmaceutics from the University of London. Dr. Odidi is also a graduate of the Western Executive Management Program and obtained his MBA from the Rotman School of Business at the University of Toronto.
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Amina Odidi , Ph.D.
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President, COO, CSO
In 1998, Dr. Amina Odidi co-founded Intellipharmaceutics Inc., the predecessor of publicly-traded Intellipharmaceutics International Inc. She has been President, COO, and Co-Chief Scientist since 1998. Dr. Amina Odidi has extensive experience developing and applying proprietary technologies to the development of controlled-release drug products for third-party pharmaceutical companies. She has invented or co-invented various proprietary controlled delivery devices for the delivery of pharmaceutical, nutriceutical, biological, agricultural and chemical agents. Previously she has worked for the pharmaceutical and health care industry. She has co-authored 8 articles, papers and textbooks. She received her B.Sc. in Pharmacy, M.S. in Biopharmaceutics, and her Ph.D. in Pharmaceutics from the University of London.
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John N. Allport, B.A.Sc., M.A., LL.B.
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Vice President, Legal Affairs & Licensing
Mr. Allport has been Vice President, Licensing and Legal since 2005. He was Director of Technology Licensing from 2001 to 2004. Mr. Allport has in excess of twenty years' experience in the field of intellectual property law as a litigator with the international IP firm Sim Lowman Ashton & McKay LLP of Toronto, acting for and against many Fortune 500 companies. In that position, he also assisted in the creation and exploitation of the extensive IP licensing interests of such international licensing giants as Walt Disney Corporation, the Canadian Olympic Association and the World Wildlife Fund.
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Dr. Kenneth Keirstead
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Dr. Keirstead served as a director of Intellipharmaceutics Inc. since 2006. He is educated in clinical biochemistry and business administration. He has worked in the health care delivery and pharmaceutical industries for over 45 years. Dr. Keirstead was President and CEO, Sanofi Winthrop Canada Inc.; General Manager, Squibb Medical Systems International; President, Chemfet International and President, Quinton Instruments among other positions. Mr. Keirstead has published studies and reports on health care and related services topics. Since 1998, Mr. Keirstead's principal occupation has been as Executive Manager of the Lyceum Group, a Canadian consulting services company primarily active in the health care field, of which Mr. Keirstead is the founder.
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Bahadur Madhani, CM
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Mr. Madhani, an accountant by training, has been a director since March 31, 2006. Since 1983, Mr. Madhani's principal occupation has been as President and CEO of Equiprop Management Limited, a Canadian property management company of which Mr. Madhani is the principal shareholder. At present, he is also on the Board of the YMCA of Toronto and YMCA Canada. He was previously a member of the advisory board of Quebecor Ontario. Mr. Madhani has also served as Chairman of United Way of Toronto, Chairman of the YMCA of greater Toronto, and Chairman of the Nelson Mandela Children's Fund of Canada. He was awarded membership in the Order of Canada in 2001.
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Eldon Smith, OC, MD, FRCPC
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Dr. Smith has been a director since October 2009. He is professor emeritus at the University of Calgary, where he served as the Dean of the Faculty of Medicine subsequent to being Head of the Department of Medicine and the Division of Cardiology. Dr. Smith is past-President of the Canadian Cardiovascular Society and served as Chairman of the Scientific Review Committee of the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada. Dr. Smith was appointed as an Officer of the Order of Canada in 2005. In October 2006, Dr. Smith was appointed by the Honourable Tony Clement, Minister of Health, to chair the Steering Committee responsible for developing a new Heart-Health strategy to fight heart disease in Canada. Dr. Smith currently serves on the boards of Canadian Natural Resources Limited and Aston Hill Financial Inc.
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