Ottawa Cleantech Initiative

KINGSTON, ON – GreenCentre Canada, North America’s first all-inclusive commercialization centre for Green Chemistry research innovations, is pleased to announce the appointment of its inaugural Board of Directors.

The board of GreenCentre Canada combines representatives from academia and the technology commercialization sector with a strong contingent of industry representatives from across the chemical value chain, including materials, pharmaceuticals, chemical manufacturing, chemical reclamation and environmental technologies.

Chair of the Board is Mr. Peter Snucins, Founder and CEO of Polycorp Ltd., a leading designer and manufacturer of engineered polymer products. Mr. Snucins is the former President and COO of Clairvest Group Inc., a Canadian publicly listed merchant bank on the Toronto Stock Exchange. He has created and managed a number of both publicly listed and privately held companies, and served in various capacities on a number of Boards in a broad range of sectors including investment and finance (chairing the Audit and Ethics Committees of a Canadian Chartered Bank), pharmaceutical, transportation, natural resources, communications and media, and advanced technologies.

“GreenCentre Canada has attracted an impressive and comprehensive pool of expertise from the industry, research and commercialization communities, which is crucial to the success of this unique collaborative venture,” Mr. Snucins says. “In particular we are fortunate to have such strong representation from the chemical industry, as these directors will provide perspective from across the chemical technology spectrum.”

“The response to this initiative from both industry and the research community has been tremendous,” says Dr. Rui Resendes, Executive Director of GreenCentre Canada. “Our board is in place, staff hiring has begun, and we already have 20 research discoveries in the GreenCentre queue. This is exciting progress in a relatively short period of time.”

The GreenCentre board held its first meeting today.

Joining the board of GreenCentre Canada are:

· Dr. Philip Jessop, Technical Director, GreenCentre Canada and Canada Research Chair in Green Chemistry, Queen’s University;

· Dr. Francesca Kerton, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, Memorial University of Newfoundland;

· Dr. Louis Lamontagne, President & CEO, PainCeptor Pharma Corp.;

· Mr. Emil Malak, Chairman, Albonia Innovative Technologies Inc. ;

· Ms. Ellen McGregor, CEO, Fielding Chemical Technologies Inc.;

· Mr. John Molloy, President & CEO of Queen’s University’s PARTEQ Innovations;

· Dr. Rui Resendes, Executive Director, GreenCentre Canada;

· Mr. Lawrence Rosen, Chairman & CEO, Pressure Chemical Company;

· Dr. Kerry Rowe, Vice-Principal (Research), Queen’s University.

About GreenCentre Canada:

GreenCentre Canada is a national Centre of Excellence for developing, de-risking and commercializing early-stage Green Chemistry discoveries generated by academic researchers and industry. The centre was founded by PARTEQ Innovations in February, 2009 with the assistance of the federal Networks of Centres of Excellence program, and is supported by industry, academia and fourth pillar organizations.

GreenCentre Canada is dedicated to developing environmentally friendly alternatives to traditional chemical and manufacturing practices. It is governed and operated with the assistance of industry members from across the chemical value chain. The centre is located at the Innovation Park at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario, Canada.

www.greencentrecanada.com

Contact:

Dr. Rui Resendes

Executive Director

GreenCentre Canada

P: 613. 507. 4700

E: rui.resendes@greencentrecanada.com