Elizabeth Williams is the Chief Financial Officer of Medicenna Therapeutics Corp., a clinicalstage
immunotherapy company, where she has responsibility for all corporate finance and
accounting functions. Ms. Williams joined Medicenna as a private company and led the
public listings onto the TSX and subsequently NASDAQ. She has more than 15 years of
experience in biotech, working with publicly listed entities in both Canada and the United
States, and has played an integral role in raising more than $150 million in financings during
this period. Previously, Ms. Williams was the Vice President of Finance and Administration at
Aptose Biosciences, Inc. a biotechnology company listed on both the TSX and NASDAQ,
and began her career at Ernst & Young LLP. She is a CPA and CA and received a BBA from
Wilfrid Laurier University.
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Alexandra Woodyer Sherron
Empress Royalty
"Alexandra Woodyer Sherron has over 20 years of experience in the mining industry.
Alexandra started at PricewaterhouseCoopers before joining Endeavour Financial, a
global mining finance advisory firm. During her investment banking career in London,
she was Director Structured Financing and involved in the successful completion of over
US$1.5 billion in financings."
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Valerie Holland
Banyan Gold
Ms. Christie is President & CEO of Banyan Gold since 2016. She has over 20 years of experience in the
exploration and mining business. Mr. Christie was previously the President of Gimlex Gold Mines Ltd.
(2006-2016), and was involved in consulting for exploration, mining, environmental assessment, government,
community and First Nation relations, including working with First Nation development corporations.
Ms. Christie is currently on the Boards of Constantine Metal Resources Ltd. (since 2006), Klondike Gold
Corp. and Western Copper and Gold. She is President of “Every Student, Every Day”, a charitable organization
that works to improve attendance in Yukon schools.
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Sherry Roberge
Defiance Silver
Mrs. Roberge, CPA CA is a member of the Institute of Chartered
Professional Accountants of British Columbia and holds a Bachelor
of Commerce degree from Royal Roads University as well as a
Master of Professional Accounting from the University of
Saskatchewan.
Mrs. Roberge has held progressively senior leadership roles in both
private and public companies and has extensive experience with
corporate finance, public company management, financial reporting,
governance, regulatory compliance, complex and merger
transactions, including the merger between Defiance Silver Corp.
and Valoro Resources.
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Jennifer Twiner McCarron
Thunderbird Entertainment
Through their subsidiaries, Atomic Cartoons and Great Pacific Media, Thunderbird Entertainment is a leader in developing and producing family and factual entertainment and sells to key buyers including Netflix, HBO Max, Nickelodeon, Discovery Channel, Apple TV+, Disney+, NBCUniversal, CBC and traditional broadcast and cable channels in >250 territories globally. Their programs air daily in 40 different languages and include hits such as Beat Bugs, Kim’s Convenience, Highway Thru Hell, Blade Runner 2049, Hello Ninja and the Peabody Award winning, Molly of Denali.
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Company backgrounds and useful links.
Medicenna Therapeutics
Elizabeth Williams
Medicenna is a clinical stage immunotherapy company focused on the
development of novel, highly selective versions of IL-2, IL-4 and IL-13
Superkines and first in class Empowered Superkines for the treatment of
a broad range of cancers. Medicenna's long-acting IL2 Superkine asset,
MDNA11, is a next-generation IL-2 with superior CD122 binding without
CD25 affinity and therefore preferentially stimulates cancer killing effector
T cells and NK cells when compared to competing IL-2 programs.
Medicenna's lead IL4 Empowered Superkine, MDNA55, has completed a
Phase 2b clinical trial for rGBM, the most common and uniformly fatal
form of brain cancer. MDNA55 has been studied in five clinical trials
involving 132 subjects, including 112 adults with rGBM. MDNA55 has
obtained Fast-Track and Orphan Drug status from the FDA and FDA/
EMA, respectively.
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Empress Royalty
Alexandra Woodyer Sherron
Empress is a new royalty and streaming creation company with a portfolio consisting
of exclusively precious metals investments. Empress is focused on investing in
development and production stage projects providing unique financing solutions for
mining companies who require additional nondilutive capital. The Company has
strategic relationships with Endeavour Financial, Terra Capital and Accendo Banco.
These relationships allow Empress to not only access global investment opportunities
but also bring unique mining finance expertise, deal structuring and access to capital
markets. Empress is looking forward to creating value for its shareholders through
quality cash producing royalty and streaming investments.
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Banyan Gold
Valerie Holland
Banyan Gold is focused on advancing our AurMac Gold Property adjacent to both Victoria Gold’s Eagle
Project and Alexco Resource’s Keno Hill Silver District. In May 2020, Banyan announced an initial resource
of 903,945 oz. Au at AurMac, starting off a transformative year that culminated with over 10,000 m drilled by
mid- December. Banyan has over $5.8 M for 2021 to advance resource growth and development with a program
expected to begin in Q1 and include over 15,000 metres in drilling. Major shareholders include: Victoria Gold
Corporation, Alexco Resource Corp, Osisko Development, and Sprott Funds.
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Defiance Silver
Sherry Roberge
Defiance Silver Corp. is a Mexico-based silver and polymetallic
exploration & development company actively engaged in advancing
two major projects in Mexico, including the San Acacio silver project
in the historic mining region of Zacatecas, and the Tepal copper-gold
project in Michoacán, Mexico. The Company has one of the highestgrade
silver deposits in Mexico and a large development asset with
significant development potential.
Defiance Silver Corporation trades under the symbol “DEF” on the
TSX Venture Exchange, “DNCVF” on the OTC, and “D4E” on the
Frankfurt Exchange.
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Thunderbird Entertainment
Jennifer Twiner McCarron
Thunderbird is a rapidly growing and highly profitable, multi-platform business. They are pursuing an aggressive organic growth strategy through investment in owned-IP as well as strategic M&A. Their substantial library funds development of proprietary IP productions and continues to attract revenues past its completion date.
The Company is led by an accomplished management team and complemented by industry renowned creative talent that spearhead the development of global brands and ratings hits. With no corporate debt, the Company is uniquely positioned for growth by continuing to develop its own IP, partner with big global content providers on content and deliver services via their three-prong revenue model.
