John C. London

Mr. London has over 30 years of experience managing and advising a wide variety of public and private businesses. From 2005 to 2018 Mr. London held senior executive positions with Nuvo Pharmaceuticals and its predecessor Nuvo Research, including Vice Chairman (2005-2009), President and Co-CEO (2009-2016), President and CEO (2016-2017) and Executive Chairman (2018). In January of 2019, he assumed his current role as non-executive Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors.

Mr. London is currently the Chair of the Strategic Advisory Board and Executive in Residence at the John F. Wood Centre for Business and Student Enterprise at the Gordon S. Lang School of Business and Economics at the University of Guelph and is an Advisory Board Member of the Masters of Biomedical Discovery and Commercialization program at McMaster University. Mr. London is also a member for the board of directors of Crescita Therapeutics Inc.

From 2002 to 2005, Mr. London was President and Chief Executive Officer of Powercart Systems Inc., a Canadian-based private company that designs and manufactures battery-equipped workstations that power devices with wireless communication capability. In 1997, Mr. London co-founded Nighthawk Investments, a private venture capital investment firm. In 1994, Mr. London co-founded Triam Automotive Inc., an international automotive parts manufacturer, where he served as Executive Vice-President. Triam completed its initial public offering in 1994 and was sold to Magna International Inc. in 1998. From 1988 to 1993, he was Executive Vice-President, Secretary and General Counsel at Atoma International, Magna’s interior systems group. Prior to joining Magna, Mr. London was a partner with the Toronto law firm of Strathy, Archibald and Seagram (now Gowlings) where from 1981 to 1988 he practiced corporate law with a focus on banking and insolvency.

Mr. London is a graduate of the University of Western Ontario law school and holds a Masters of Law Degree from University College London.