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Burcon NutraScience Corp.: BURCON ANNOUNCES NEW DIRECTOR
13.07.2011 / 11:15
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BURCON ANNOUNCES NEW DIRECTOR
Vancouver, British Columbia, July 12, 2011 - 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(R) and Supertein(TM) canola protein isolates with unique
functional and nutritional attributes, and CLARISOY(R), 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.
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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 Burcon, visit www.burcon.ca.
The TSX has not reviewed and does not accept responsibility for the
adequacy of the content of the information contained herein. This press
release contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and
uncertainties. 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. When used in this press release, the words
'goal', 'intend', 'believes' and 'potential' and similar expressions,
generally identify forward-looking statements. These statements reflect our
current expectations. They are subject to a number of risks and
uncertainties. In light of the many risks and uncertainties surrounding the
development of a source of protein from canola meal, you should understand
that we cannot assure you that the forward looking statements contained in
this press release will be realized.
For more information, please contact:
Jade Cheng, Chief Financial Officer
Burcon NutraScience Corporation
(604) 733-0896 / (888) 408-7960 toll-free
jcheng(at)burcon.ca www.burcon.ca
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