Board of Directors

Edward A. Odishaw, Chairman

Edward Odishaw has been the director of numerous national and international companies and organizations for more than 25 years. He has practiced corporate commercial law in Vancouver since 1973 and now specializes in corporate finance, corporate restructuring, mergers and acquisitions. Mr. Odishaw is the Founding Director and Chairman of the Estey Centre for Law and Economics in International Trade. He is and has been a Director of numerous professional and community organizations.

Michael Burns

Michael Burns is a founder, Director and former Chairman of Naikun Wind Energy Group Inc. Previously he served as Chairman of the Board of Atomic Energy Canada Ltd. from 2006-2008, and as President of Inland Pacific Enterprises Ltd. He was also a founder and President of International Murex Technology, a developer and manufacturer of proprietary medical diagnostic products. Mr. Burns has served as the Director and/or Chairman of numerous companies and community organizations, including MDS Capital Corp., Urban Transportation Development Corp., BC Trade Development Corp., International Financial Centre and the Council for Canadian Unity.

Poul Hansen

Poul Hansen is the Founder, Chairman and General Manager of Sperling Hansen Associates Inc, a highly specialized engineering consultancy. Previously, he was the President of Highland Valley Copper, the Chairman and Managing Director of Cominco Europe, the President and CEO of West Kootenay Power of The East Asiatic Company, and of Johnson, Walton Steamships, among many other companies. Mr. Hansen has served on the Board of Directors of numerous companies and community organizations, and is the recipient of the Selwyn G. Blaylock Medal from the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum.

Dr. Colin H.W. Jones, President and Chief Executive Officer

Dr. Colin H.W. Jones is an accomplished researcher with extensive management and board level experience. Dr. Jones earned his Ph.D. in Radiochemistry from the University of Manchester in 1965. Since that time Dr. Jones has conducted research and written 72 publications in the fields of radiochemistry, Mossbauer spectroscopy and physical inorganic chemistry. Dr. Jones is currently a Professor Emeritus at Simon Fraser University (SFU), where he taught courses in nuclear and radiochemistry and in general chemistry for over 40 years. Dr. Jones has served in numerous management positions at SFU, including Chair of the Department of Chemistry (1979-88), Dean of the Faculty of Science (1988-99), Executive Director for International Relations (1999-2002), and Assistant VP Research (2005-07). He is also familiar with TRIUMF, having served on the TRIUMF Board of Management as a Member (1989-2006) and as Chair (1995-2000). He has also served on the Board of Science World and the Science Council of BC.

Howard Kellough

Howard Kellough, QC, is currently a partner at Davis LLP. He was a founding partner of Kellough & Partners LLP, and a partner of Deloitte & Touche, LLP. He was the Chairman of the Canadian Tax Foundation, the National Tax Section of the Canadian Bar Association, and the co-Chairman of the Joint Committee on Taxation. Mr. Kellough is recognized in the Canadian LEXPERT Directory, and is included in both the LEXPERT/American Lawyers’ Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada, and the Law Business Research’s International Who’s Who of Corporate Tax Lawyers. He is a Member of Council of the Canadian Branch of the International Fiscal Association, and has served on the Federal Minister of Finance’s Committee on Tax Reform and the Minister of Revenue’s Advisory Council on Tax Administration. He is recognized as an expert in the standard of care required of a tax solicitor and/or tax accountant by the Supreme Court of British Columbia.

Dr. Nigel S. Lockyer

Nigel Lockyer is Director of TRIUMF, Canada’s national laboratory for particle and nuclear physics. Prior to that, he was a Professor of Physics at the University of Pennsylvania.

Dr. Lockyer’s research has focused on experiments at the energy frontier conducted with the CDF experiment at Fermilab, near Chicago. He also has a keen interest in proton therapy applications and medical physics detectors. He has been chair of the Grant Selection Committee of NSERC in 2003 and the CFI Review in 2006. In addition, he has been a member of NSERC Review Committees and served as an ex-officio member of the Advisory Committee on TRIUMF in 2003. He is a fellow of the American Physical Society and was awarded the Society’s 2006 W.K.H. Panofsky Prize.

John E. (Jack) Scott

Jack Scott has an extensive background in developing successful new technology/infrastructure organizations and projects, and in creating commercial value from technology and business innovations. Mr. Scott is a professional manager with a strong foundation in corporate strategy and operations, and has an international perspective on opportunities. Mr. Scott joins AAPS following a successful tenure at the Atomic Energy of Canada Limited (AECL) and his continued role as Vice-President of the Naikun Wind Energy Group Inc. Mr. Scott serves on a number of Boards and Advisory Committees of corporate and community organizations.

Mr. Scott is a registered Professional Engineer and has a Bachelor of Science (Honors) in Chemical Engineering from Queens University in Kingston, Ontario and an MBA from the University of Western Ontario in London, Ontario.

Peter Scott

Peter Scott, MBA, is a founding partner of Stirling Mercantile Corporation, an investment banking concern based in Vancouver, British Columbia. He is a banker by training and worked at the Toronto Dominion Bank in Toronto, New York, San Francisco and Vancouver in corporate lending and investment banking. He took a two year “sabbatical” from the TD in the early 1980’s to work at MacDonald Dettwiler in Vancouver, as part of the technology development team (also with responsibility for the public information group). During his tenure at TD he also served as President of TD Capital Group, the bank’s venture capital arm, developing a long standing interest in developing promising technologies and business opportunities. This interest has been honed by over 20 years of investment banking experience in building and financing early stage and mid market companies in numerous fields. Peter has been a Director of several charitable organizations, including, the Mendelssohn Choir, the Arthritis Society, The Pacific Salmon Foundation, and is currently the Chair of the Heart and Stroke Foundation of BC and Yukon.

Dr. David Torgerson

Dr. Torgerson received is BSc(hons) and MSc degrees in physical chemistry from the University of Manitoba and his PhD in nuclear chemistry (synthesis and characterization of neutron-deficient isotopes) from McMaster University. Following graduation, he worked at the Cyclotron Institute at Texas A&M University examining various nuclear phenomena in short-lived nuclides and the application of nuclear technology for measuring the masses of large biomolecules. He joined AECL in 1976 and worked in several areas of nuclear energy development throughout his career, including nuclear safety, nuclear fuel waste management, and reactor development. He also held a number of senior management and executive positions including Senior Vice-President and Chief Technology Officer, with responsibilities for AECL’s engineering and design development programs at Sheridan Park, Mississauga (where the Advanced CANDU Reactor was designed, a state-of-the-art Generation III+ nuclear reactor), and for AECL’s laboratories at Chalk River, Ontario, and Whiteshell, Manitoba. At the time of his retirement in 2008, Dr. Torgerson was AECL’s Chief Technology Officer and President of the Research & Technology Division. In this capacity, his responsibilities included R&D programs in advanced nuclear technology, isotope production, waste management, and facility operations. Following retirement, Dr. Torgerson was appointed to the emeritus position of Senior Technology Advisor. He was elected a Fellow of the Canadian Institute of Chemistry in 1986, a Fellow of the Canadian Nuclear Society in 1995, and was appointed Honorary Member of the World Innovation Foundation in 2006. In 1999, he received the W.B. Lewis Medal from the Canadian Nuclear Association for his contributions to nuclear technology.

Arthur H. Willms

Arthur H. Willms is a seasoned executive with 40 years of experience in both the academic and business fields. From 1992 to 1999, he was the President and Chief Operating Officer of Westcoast Energy Inc. Mr. Willms has also been a Board member of a number of companies with operations in Canada and around the world. He is a Board Member of the 2010 Games Operating Trust, and has been involved in the governance of a number of other non-corporate organizations, including the Business Council of BC, the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, the Canadian Volleyball Association, Lower Mainland United Way, and the Pacific Coast Gas Association.

Founding Directors

Edward Odishaw – Chair
Geoffrey Ballard
Michael C. Burns
Poul Hansen
Howard Kellough
Donald Rix
Arthur Willms
Nigel Lockyer
Philip L. Gardner