Senior VP, Business Development

Mr. Ireland received his Bachelor of Science degree from Brock University in 1986. He began his career in sales and marketing with BioRad Laboratories in 1986 based in Hong Kong servicing all of Southeast Asia. Mr. Ireland joined Nalge Corporation in 1990 as Director of Asian Operations where he held line-management responsibility for their business throughout Asia. In 1993, Mr. Ireland joined F.H Faulding Pharmaceuticals, Australia's largest Australian-owned pharmaceutical company, as Director North Asia. Most recently, Mr. Ireland was Director of Business Development at Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals Inc., in Ridgefield, Connecticut. There he led the Immunology Therapeutic Advisory Team for Boehringer worldwide, mandated with identifying global research and product licensing opportunities in the areas of immunology and inflammation.