Steering Group

Interim Committee

• Tim McTiernan (President)
  Assistant Vice-President Research and Executive Director of Innovations at University of Toronto (Former acting Deputy Minister for the Ministry of Research and Innovation Ontario)
  Toronto
• Shane Morris
  Geneticist and Senior Technical Issues Analyst, Cross Sectoral Food Industry Affairs Division, Agriculture and Agrifood Canada
  Ottawa
• Matt Buist
  Manager, Business Development: Medical & Biotechnology, Toronto Economic Development Department, and Vice President of the Toronto Biotech Initiative network
  Toronto
• Frank Golden
  Business Development Consultant, Microbix
  Toronto
• Kevin MacAdam
  Office of Minister of Foreign Affairs (Former Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Aquaculture of Prince Edward Island)
  Ottawa

Secretariat

• Bill Jermyn
  President, William Jermyn & Associates and Consultant to Enterprise Ireland
  Toronto

Government Liaison

• John Sullivan
  Trade Commissioner, Canadian Embassy
  Dublin
• Deirdre McDonnell-Lee
  Senior VP BioPharma, Enterprise Ireland
  New York
• Fred Klinkenberg
  Manager Canada, Enterprise Ireland
  Dublin

Enterprise Ireland, the Irish Government agency responsible for the development of Irish industry has provided initial support to establish the BioLink Secretariat.