Protein Industries Canada announces organizational changes
June 27 2024 - 12:00PM
Today, Protein Industries Canada announced that inaugural CEO, Bill
Greuel, is leaving the organization. Greuel, who has been with the
organization since October 2018, has accepted the position of
Deputy Minister of Agriculture with the Government of Saskatchewan.
His last day with Protein Industries Canada will be July 31,2024.
“Bill has demonstrated strong leadership to Protein Industries
Canada and has been instrumental in our success to date,” Chair of
the Board of Directors Tyler Groeneveld said. “Under his leadership
the organization has grown from one employee to 26, and currently
manages investments worth more than half a billion dollars. We are
grateful for Bill’s leadership and wish him well in his new
role.”
The Board will announce the appointment of an interim CEO in the
coming weeks.
Work is underway in the search for a permanent CEO. A CEO Search
Committee, comprised of members of the Board of Directors and
chaired by Annette Revet, chair of the Governance and Nominating
Committee, is in place. An executive search organization will be
employed to assist with the search. The Board is working
expeditiously to have a permanent CEO in place as soon as
possible.
The Board is also announcing the departure of Chief Technology
Officer (CTO) Meghan Gervais. Gervais has been with Protein
Industries Canada since spring 2019, serving as the CTO since May
2022, and previously as the Manager of Intellectual Property.
Gervais has accepted the position of Vice-President Health, Safety
and Compliance at Federated Co-op Ltd. Gervais’ last day will be
July 31, 2024. The work of the CTO will be handled internally over
the short-term.
“The Board of Directors and the Senior Leadership Team are
dedicated to continuing the good work of Protein Industries
Canada,” Groeneveld said. “Our priority is providing stability to
the organization and the ecosystem, and I am confident that we will
deliver on that. We remain committed to Canada’s ingredient
manufacturing, food processing and bio-products sector and will
continue to support this important industry for Canada.”
Protein Industries Canada is one of five Global Innovation
Clusters. Since its inception in 2018, Protein Industries Canada
has collaborated on 72 projects, and along with industry has
invested more than $579 million into the Canadian ecosystem.
Through those investments there have been 455 IP assets created,
and more than $350 million in follow-on investment attracted to the
ecosystem. Protein Industries Canada believes that ingredient
manufacturing, food processing and bio-products is a
$25-billion-a-year industry for Canada and should be considered a
key part of Canada’s industrial policy.
Tiffany Stephenson
Protein Industries Canada
306-519-8202
tiffany@proteinsupercluster.ca