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Pivoting towards pharmaceutical development.
Emerald was founded in 2014 by a team of life and agricultural scientists interested in the therapeutic effects of cannabis for people living with medical conditions. After four years of growing medical-grade cannabis for patients, we were excited to apply our experience towards producing first-rate cannabis for the legalized adult-use market in Canada where we proudly served our customers for three years.
On November 29, 2021, we announced that we are exiting the recreational and medical cannabis business and pivoting to a pharmaceutical development focus. We have always had the goal to apply life sciences expertise to product development. Now we have made the decision to apply this expertise to the next chapter of our story as we embark on this new business path.
While we intend to wind down certain operations to position Emerald for our transition, we remain committed to serving our existing patients and customers until a logical point is reached to discontinue offering our products and services in the cannabis business.
Learn more about our pivot towards pharmaceutical development below.
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Mr. Bandali’s expertise in global operations, strategy development, driving innovation, M&A, and investment management has been developed over a 25-year career in the life sciences sector spanning contract clinical and research services, analytical instrumentation, lab services and venture capital.
He holds an Advanced Management Program Degree from Harvard Business School, a Master of Business Administration from McGill University, and a Bachelor of Science from the University of British Columbia. He is an innovative business leader who has built strategic and operating plans that have resulted in rapid growth and significant profitability enhancement. He has managed businesses and operations with a global footprint and has led teams of over 900 people.
Mr. Bandali’s previous experience includes serving as President, Early Phase Clinical Services and Translational Science, Syneos Health; President, Early Stage Development, as well as Chief Innovation Officer, inVentiv Health Clinical; Senior Vice President, Strategy and Business Development, AB Sciex and Molecular Devices (part of Danaher Corporation); Senior Vice President, Strategy, Legal and Corporate Development, MDS Analytical Technologies; and Vice President and General Manager, Global Early Stage Development, MDS Pharma Services. He was also Venture Partner and Vice President at MDS Capital and has served on the boards of private and public companies.
Ms. Hepburn has over a decade of experience in accounting and finance and is an experienced manager of privately and publicly traded manufacturing and mining businesses operating in Canada and the USA. Prior to joining Emerald, Ms. Hepburn was the Director of Finance and Administration at bioLytical Laboratories Inc., a medical diagnostics manufacturer. Before that, she held controller positions at junior gold and silver mining companies Northern Vertex Mining Corp., Kootenay Silver Inc. and Theia Resources Ltd. Ms. Hepburn earned a BBA from Simon Fraser University and her certification from the Certified Management Accountants of British Columbia.
Mr. Jiwan is a data driven business leader with over 20 years experience in strategic development , sales and operations management , e-commerce, and developing data and business intelligence solutions. Before joining Emerald, he served in senior leadership positions, including Chief Information Officer and Chief Customer Officer, for established cannabis and healthcare companies, including senior roles at TerrAscend Corp and Shopper’s Drug Mart. With a strong marketing and customer orientation, he has strongly focused on operational excellence and implementing processes to function faster, smarter, and leaner.
Ms. Wong has over 30 years of quality and regulatory management experience in pharmaceutical and life science companies regulated to Canadian, US, European and international requirements. She has been responsible for establishing quality systems and ensuring regulatory compliance through all phases of product development from GPP, GLP, GCP, GMP for cannabis, pharmaceuticals, medical devices, combination products and biologicals. She was previously Executive Director of Quality Assurance at Novelion Therapeutics (formerly QLT Inc.) and worked for life science companies including MDS Nordion, Cangene Corporation, and Biomira Inc. Ms. Wong earned a B.Sc. (Microbiology) from the University of Alberta.
Mr. Mosgrove has over 15 years of sales and marketing leadership experience in commercial plan development and implementation, building top brands, and improving supply chain efficiencies in the Canadian alcohol beverage and cannabis sectors. He has led sales teams that enhanced revenue growth, gross margins and profitability, and key account satisfaction. Most recently, Mr. Mosgrove served as VP Sales & Marketing for TerrAscend Canada. Prior to this he held provincial sales manager roles in Ontario with Campari Canada, Escalade Wines & Spirits, Select Wine & Spirits and Bacardi Canada.
