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Appointed to Senior VP, Operations in 2006, Ms. Wessman was the Senior Vice President, Corporate Development of the Company since January 2004. Previously, Ms. Wessman was the Vice President, Business Development from October 2002 to January 2004, and Marketing Manager from December 2000 to October 2002. Ms. Wessman joined Forbes Medi-Tech in December 2000 and has been involved in both the nutraceutical and pharmaceutical divisions of the Company, including captaining the upscaling and commercial profiling of its pharmaceutical steroidal technology. Ms. Wessman is responsible for chartering the Company's growth through in-house development as well as licensing and acquisitions. Prior to joining Forbes, Ms. Wessman held positions of increasing responsibility at North Aegean Petroleum and Cominco in the areas of process engineering and project management. Ms Wessman holds undergraduate degrees in Chemical Engineering and Biochemistry from the University of British Columbia and an MBA from Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, BC.
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