Company: EDSA
Filing Date: 2025-12-12
Form Type: 10-K
Source: 0001171843-25-007914
Chunk: 527

Company: Edesa Biotech, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-12-12
Form: 10-K
Item: Item 2
Chunk 527
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 he held fundraising, business development and strategy roles for various international enterprises and non-governmental organizations. Mr. Marshall is a cofounder, advisor and former board member of Together Project (2016-2023), a current board member of Faith & the Common Good (since 2025), and a trustee of Lakefield College School (since 2012). He received his Bachelor of Arts in Sociology from Queen's University and Master of Business Administration from the University of Exeter. Mr. Marshall’s qualifications to serve on our Board include his experience managing and building companies, strategic transactions, raising capital and prior board experience.

Pardeep Nijhawan, MD, FRCPC, AGAF has served as our Chief Executive Officer, Corporate Secretary and a member of our Board since June 2019, having previously founded and led our principal operating subsidiary, Edesa Biotech Research, since January 2015. Dr. Nijhawan is a seasoned pharmaceutical entrepreneur with more than 20 years of experience in cross- functional leadership roles in finance, marketing, corporate strategy and business development. In 2002 Dr. Nijhawan founded Medical Futures Inc., and served as its CEO. He sold Medical Futures to Tribute Pharmaceuticals in 2015. In 2014, he founded Exzell Pharma, a specialty Canadian-based pharmaceutical organization that markets and commercializes approved products. He sold Exzell Pharma to BioLab Pharma in 2022. Dr. Nijhawan also founded Digestive Health Clinic in 2000 and led it to become one of Canada’s largest provider of private endoscopy services. He continues to serve on the board of directors of Digestive Health Clinic. From January 2021 until June 2024, he served on the advisory board of Private Debt Partners, a Canadian alternative asset management firm. Dr. Nijhawan received his MD from the University of Ottawa and completed his internship at Yale University, and his internal medicine residency and fellowship at the Mayo Clinic. Dr. Nijhawan’s qualifications to serve on our Board include his extensive executive leadership and experience in the life sciences industry and his knowledge of our business as its chief executive. 

Charles Olson, DSc is a CMC consultant with more than 40 years of biotech experience. Since April 2024 he has also been the Senior Vice President of Technical Operations at NervGen Pharma, responsible for the process development and manufacture of their peptide product in clinical development for nerve regeneration as a result of spinal cord injury. From September