Founder and CEO

Damon Smith has over thirty years of international experience in the biopharmaceutical sector specializing in the transformation of early stage companies into market or exit ready organizations. During his career Damon has held leadership positions at Therapeutic Antibodies Inc.. Conjuchem Inc and Labopharm Inc. where he served as Senior Vice President R&D. During this period Dr. Smith participated in three successful IPO (raising over $400MM) numerous successful financings and the launch of 7 new products in multiple markets. In 2012 Dr. Smith founded Altus Formulation Inc where he has served as CEO for the past 8 years scaling the company and leading it to commercialization readiness via its international large pharma partners.

Along with Dr. Chamberland, Dr. Smith is a Founder of TALLC.

Founder

Guy Chamberland, M.Sc., Ph.D., Master Herbalist, has served as Tetra Bio-Pharma’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Scientific Officer since October 15, 2018. He held the positions of Interim Chief Executive Officer and Chief Scientific Officer respectively since April 2018 and June 2016. Dr. Chamberland’s extensive experience in both executive and scientific roles establish him as an expert in the biopharmaceutical space. Dr. Chamberland has more than two decades of experience in drug development for the North American pharmaceutical industry with specific expertise in regulatory affairs, and the development and management of clinical research protocols and clinical studies for botanical medicines. He was also a member of the investment committee of the venture capital fund, Fonds Bionvation, for 7 years.

Along with Dr. Smith and Dr. Kelly, Dr. Chamberland is a Founder of TALLC.

Mr. Guénette served as Vice-President, Finance from 2012 to end of 2019 for American Iron & Metal Company Inc., a metal recycling company operating internationally. Previously, Mr. Guénette was CFO at Labopharm Inc., a specialty pharmaceutical company with products commercialized internationally, listed on the TSX, and on NASDAQ where he worked from 2002 to 2012.. Prior to joining Labopharm, Mr. Guénette was Corporate Controller from 2001 to 2002 for Les Systèmes Proxima Ltée, a private software development company operating internationally and headquartered in Montreal. From 1994 to 2001, he held various finance or operations related positions within the Quebecor group. He also worked for Raymond Chabot Martin Paré from 1990 to 1994, as an external auditor.

Mr. Néron has more than three decades of experience in the pharmaceutical industry where challenging the reimbursement landscape factored prominently in his role, with demonstrated success in numerous therapeutic sectors including cardiology, rheumatology, endocrinology, women’s health, asthma/COPD, OTC and dermatology. Prior to joining Tetra Bio-Pharma he occupied a senior marketing position at Bausch Health Canada. Steeve has held various marketing, sales, finance, material management and business development positions and has worked to launch or rejuvenate numerous market-leading pharmaceutical brands including Aerius™ (antihistamine), Altace™ (hypertension), Ezetrol™ (cholesterol), Eliquis™ (anti-coagulant), Lodalis™ (cholesterol) and Contrave™ (Obesity).

Aurelia holds a master’s degree and PhD in Science from the Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech, University of Liege and the University of Namur, Belgium. She followed this with a five-year post-doctoral position in the field of stem cell therapy. After establishing her career in basic sciences and regenerative therapy, she progressed from the laboratory bench to the bedside where she gained an even deeper appreciation of the impact of research on patients and caregivers. Aurelia has extensive experience in numerous therapeutic categories including oncology, drug abuse, endocrinology, dermatology and cardiology.