Stephen Lemieux
Chief Financial Officer and Secretary
management
Cipher Pharmaceuticals
Canada
Biography
Stephen Lemieux, who has more than 13 years of public company experience, most recently served as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Nuvo Pharmaceuticals (TSX:NRI) ("Nuvo"), a commercial healthcare company with a portfolio of commercial products and pharmaceutical manufacturing capabilities. He was appointed Chief Financial Officer of Nuvo in January 2012. In his role, Mr. Lemieux was responsible for all of Nuvo's financial operations as well as information technology, manufacturing, human resources and planning. Mr. Lemieux's transactional experience includes licensing and asset sales, debt and equity financing, acquisitions, corporate reorganizations and plans of arrangement. Prior to joining Nuvo in 2007, Mr. Lemieux was the Corporate Controller at Martinrea International Inc., a Tier One automotive supplier. Prior to joining Martinrea, Mr. Lemieux was the Assistant Controller at Magna Powertrain (formerly Tesma International Inc.) and had previously held the position of Manager, Global Financial Reporting. Tesma was a Tier One automotive supplier and a public company listed on the TSX and NASDAQ. Prior to joining Tesma, Mr. Lemieux worked for Ernst & Young performing audit, restructuring and accounting work for its clients. Mr. Lemieux is a Chartered Professional Accountant and holds a Master of Management & Professional Accounting from the University of Toronto.
Research Interest
financing, acquisitions, corporate reorganizations and plans of arrangement.