Advisory Team

Expert guidance gives your business the tools to expand.

Gord Froehlich

Business Advisor

Gord is a C level business leader in the health care, biotechnology and agri-business sectors.

He has extensive hands on experience in day to day operations, strategic planning, licensing, contract negotiations, P&L and people management.

Over his career Gord has sat on numerous boards of directors, global functional food teams and has worked with numerous companies from start-up to global Fortune 500 companies.    

  • Business development strategy planning and execution
  • Commercialization, marketing, communication planning
  • Sales and tactical implementation 
  • Extensive licensing and contract negotiation and planning
  • Merger and acquisition of both regional and global businesses
  •  Deviation analysis and critical issues management

Professional History

Ironweed

2004 - Present

A business advisory firm providing strategic planning, management, marketing and advice to the health care, biotechnology and agri-business sectors

Kane Biotech

2004 - 2015

Canadian biotech company developing and commercializing biofilm technology for the human and animal health markets. Responsibility was on development of the business strategy from lab bench to commercialization, raising capital and negotiating and signing global research/development and commercial agreements

Monsanto

1977 - 2004

VP & Global Lead for Canola biotech/seed business.  Global biotech company developing and commercializing agri-business technologies. Responsibility was on providing vision, leadership business results across multi-functional business units

Credentials

             B.Sc. (Agriculture), University of Saskatchewan

              nternational Certified Mentor – Practitioner Level 1 - Acquiros