Management Team

President & Chief Executive Officer / Louis Laflamme, CPA

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Louis Laflamme became President, Chief Executive Officer and Director of OpSens in January 2013. He currently also serves as Chief Financial Officer by interim. He had been Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary of the Company from November 2005 to January 2013. His main tasks are to define and execute the Company’s strategy both toward shareholders and the financial community in operational administrative activities. From March 2005 to November 2005, he was Director, Finance and Administration for DEQ Systems Corp. (TSXV:DEQ), a company manufacturing and distributing electronic systems for tables gambling. From 2002 to 2005, Mr. Laflamme held various positions within the administration department including that of Vice President Finance at TGN biotech inc., a company specializing in research and development in biotechnology. From January 2002 to July 2002, Mr. Laflamme also served as Corporate Controller at St-Raymond Forest Products Ltd., a company involved in the manufacturing of wood veneer. From 1998 to 2001, he was Chief of Mission in the department certification consulting for Samson Bélair / Deloitte & Touche LLP. Mr. Laflamme is a member of Quebec’s Order of Chartered Professional Accountants since 2001. He received a BA in Business Administration from Université Laval in 1998.

Chief Financial Officer / John Hannigan

John Hannigan is a highly experienced financial executive with more than 22 years of proven financial expertise with domestic and international companies. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Hannigan, served as Vice President, finance at diaMentis Inc., a Quebec City based company developing a simple and reliable solution in personalized medicine, intended to be used by clinicians as a support for making faster, more objective, and accurate diagnoses of mental health disorders. Prior to diaMentis, from 2015 to 2020, Mr. Hannigan worked in various senior financial management positions for IPL Plastics Inc., a leading sustainable packaging solutions company listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange. IPL Plastics annual revenue was US$600 million when acquired in 2020.

Mr. Hannigan began his career with KPMG in Ireland, working with the firm from 2000 to 2015. His client list was extensive and included listed and private companies with an international presence.

Mr. Hannigan holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from University College Dublin (Ireland), and is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants.

President, OpSens Solutions / Gaétan Duplain

Gaétan Duplain has been President of Opsens Solutions since October 2006. His primary responsibilities are to oversee the energy sector’s research activities by orienting the main lines of commercial and intellectual property development, planning the work and implementing the Corporation’s action plan. In 1994, he co-founded FISO Technologies Inc., a company manufacturing fiber optic sensors, where acted as Vice-President from 1994 to 2003. With this company, Mr. Duplain acquired experience in high-tech business development and strategic planning. He obtained a Bachelor’s degree in Physical Engineering from Université Laval in 1985 and a Master’s degree in Optics and Laser from the same university in 1986.