Don M. Enns

Biography

Don Enns has been a leader in British Columbia’s life sciences industry for 30 years.  During much of the 1980s and 90s, Mr. Enns led a corporate conglomerate, which included CANTEST Ltd., a BC-headquartered global organization providing professional analytical and clinical services for the environmental, pharmaceutical, biotechnology and food safety industries. His contribution helped CANTEST earn a spot among the 50 Best Managed Companies in Canada and to be recognized as one of BC’s 25 Best Companies to work for. Most recently he spent three years representing the life science community with the Province as President of Life Science BC prior to taking this role as President and CEO of TRANSFERRA Nanosciences Inc. (formerly Northern Lipids Inc.)in 2013. Mr. Enns is a director of numerous local for-profit companies as well as several non-profit organizations involved with national standardization, trade, education, community affairs and public health. He has overseen expansion into European and Southeast Asian markets; been responsible for merger and acquisition activity; and consulted for international agencies such as the UN Development Programme. He currently serves as a director or advisor to World Wildlife Fund, BC Advantage Fund and a number of different academic faculties.  He is a former director or officer of BC Clinical Research Infrastructure Network, Genome BC, Kinexus, Canadian Association of Laboratory Accreditation and BC Water and Waste Association.

Research Interest

Life Sciences