BURCON ANNOUNCES NEW DIRECTOR
12 Juillet 2011 - 7:13PM
PR Newswire (Canada)
VANCOUVER, July 12, 2011 /CNW/ -- VANCOUVER, July 12, 2011 /CNW/ -
Burcon NutraScience Corporation (TSX - BU) ("Burcon") is pleased to
announce the appointment of Mr. Matthew Hall to its board of
directors. Mr. Hall has recently returned to Canada from Europe,
where he had a successful 31-year career with Nestle, the world's
largest food and beverage company. Mr. Hall was managing
director and CEO of the food, coffee and beverages division of
Nestle UK and, prior thereto, Mr. Hall was senior vice-president,
global marketing communications and sales at Nestle's global
headquarters in Vevey, Switzerland. Mr. Hall is currently an
associate with London, England based GoodBrand, an international
sustainability and social responsibility consultancy developing
strategies and creating programs to build value for food and
beverage industry clients. Mr. Hall is also executive in
residence and a member of the advisory board of the Peter B.
Gustavson School of Business at the University of Victoria in
Victoria, British Columbia. Mr. Hall is a leader in developing and
implementing step change marketing, communications and sales
capability initiatives. Mr. Hall has been highly successful in
implementing long-term capability changes that resulted in
sustained growth and profit results for Nestle. Most recently, he
initiated and implemented organizational re-designs and new product
launches, introduced leading edge sustainability processes, along
with health, wellness and nutrition programs as the CEO of Nestle
UK Food and Beverage. Dr. Allan Yap, Chairman of Burcon's board of
directors said, "I am very pleased to have Mr. Matthew Hall
join our board of directors. Having worked in several countries,
including Nestle's head office in Switzerland, Mr. Hall has
extensive experience across continents, business functions and
product categories in the food and beverage industry." About Burcon
NutraScience Burcon is a leader in nutrition, health and wellness
in the field of functional, renewable plant proteins. Since 1999,
Burcon has developed a portfolio of composition, application, and
process patents originating from our core protein extraction and
purification technology. We are developing Puratein(®) and
Supertein(™ )canola protein isolates with unique functional and
nutritional attributes, and CLARISOY(®), a revolutionary soy
protein isolate which is 100% soluble and completely transparent in
acidic solutions. Our team of highly specialized scientists and
engineers work from our own research facility to develop and
optimize environmentally sound technologies. To-date, our patent
portfolio consists of 164 issued patents in various countries,
including 27 issued U.S. patents, and in excess of 275 additional
pending patent applications, 70 of which are U.S. patent
applications. ### ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS "Johann F.
Tergesen" Johann F. Tergesen President and Chief Operating Officer
Burcon NutraScience Corporation is a publicly listed on the Toronto
Stock Exchange under the symbol "BU". For more information on
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These forward-looking statements relate to, among other things,
plans and timing for the introduction or enhancement of our
products, statements about future market conditions, supply and
demand conditions, and other expectations, intentions and plans
contained in this press release that are not historical fact. Our
expectations regarding the prospect for future success depend upon
our ability to develop and sell products, which we do not produce
today and cannot be sold without further research and development.
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uncertainties. In light of the many risks and uncertainties
surrounding the development of a source of protein from canola
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