17 Hillstrom Avenue
Charlottetown, PE 
C1E 2C2  CANADA
(902) 566-6129

Dr. J. Regis Duffy
        Chairman

  • Formerly Dean of Science and Chairman of the Chemistry Department, University of Prince Edward Island
  • Founded BioVectra Inc. in 1970
  • Royal Society of Art - winner, Silver Medal Award, 1988
  • Atlantic Canada's Entrepreneur of the Year - Manufacturing, 1994
  • Appointed Member of the Order of Canada, 1995
  • Chairman, Board of Directors of BioVectra Inc.
  

Ronald J. Keefe
President

  • B.B.A. degree from University of Prince Edward Island
  • LL.B. and MBA degrees from Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS
  • Chartered Accountant
  • Former Partner with the Atlantic Canada law firm, Stewart McKelvey Stirling Scales  
  • President of Communities 13, Inc., a non-profit organization
  • Past Director of the Bank of Canada
  • Chairman, PEI BioAlliance Inc.
  • Chairman, Board of Directors of the Atlantic Provinces Economic Council
  • Appointed President & Chief Executive Officer of BioVectra Inc. in March 2004
  

Gordon Rogers
Chief Financial Officer

  • B.B.A. degree from Acadia University, Wolfville, Nova Scotia in 1982; C.A. designation from the P.E.I. Institute of Chartered Accountants in 1984
  • Joined BioVectra Inc. in 1993 as Manager of Corporate Systems, responsible for corporate finance, quality assurance, and regulatory affairs
  • Promoted to Chief Financial Officer of BioVectra Inc. in 1998
 

Valerie Taylor

            Managing Director

 
  • Attended Mount Allison University and Holland College in Charlottetown, P.E.I.
  • Joined BioVectra Inc.  in 1980 in a secretarial capacity and became Office Manager/House Accountant in 1984, Comptroller in 1993, Director Human Resources in 1998, Vice President of Corporate Development and Human Resources in 2005
  • Joined Genzyme Diagnostics P.E.I. Inc.(formerly diagnostic division of Diagnostic Chemicals Limited) in December 2007 as Director of  Human Resources and was an integral part of the transition team with Genzyme Diagnostics
  • Joined Regis Duffy BioScience Fund Inc. in June 2009

 

Dale Zajicek

          Chief Operating Officer, BioVectra Inc.

 
  • B.S. degree in Chemical Engineering (1976) from Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL; B.S. degree in Business Administration (1991) from Elmhurst College, Elmhurst, IL
  • In 1975, joined G.D. Searle, Inc. in Skokie, IL as Chief Chemical Operator; in 1985, NutraSweet Division in Deerfield, IL as Operations Manager, and was appointed Manager, New Business in 1992
  • Joined BioVectra Inc.  in 1995 as Engineering & Biochemical Operations Manager
  • Promoted to Chief Operating Officer in 1998 and Vice President Business Development of BioVectra Inc. in 2006
  

Dr. Gary R. Reid

          Vice President Research and Development, BioVectra Inc.

         

  • Bachelor of Science Degree (1971) and Doctorate of Philosophy (1975) from the University of New Brunswick
  • Joined BioVectra Inc.  in 1976 as a Process Development Chemist, advancing to Director of Biochemical Division
  • Promoted to Vice President Research and Development of BioVectra Inc. in 1998