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Tazdin Esmail has been a director of Genetronics since August 2000. Mr. Esmail is President, Chief Executive Officer and Director of Protox Therapeutics Inc., a company that is developing targeted proteins for the treatment of cancer. He was the Founder, and former Chairman of the Board, Director, President and Chief Executive Officer of Forbes Medi-Tech Inc., a company listed on the TSX and NASDAQ. He is a former Vice President of operations of QLT Inc., a TSX/NASDAQ listed biotechnology company, and a former director of pharmaceutical operations for the multinational pharmaceutical company, American Cyanamid (now Wyeth), where he managed the company's oncology and hospital products division. He has raised approximately $90 million through private placements, public offerings and strategic alliances, and has extensive experience in growing companies from the start-up stage to public markets. | 