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Board of directors

Immunotec’s Board of Directors leverages depth of business experience and acumen with solid network marketing experience to promote long-term growth for its independent Consultants. The members of the Board of Directors of Immunotec are:
Robert Henry (Executive Chairman)

Robert Henry (Executive Chairman)

Mr. Henry held a number of senior management positions, most recently, from 2004 to mid 2008, as CEO and Director of Arbonne International Inc, a US based Network Marketing Company with a billion dollars in sales, and previously, from 2000 to 2003, as CEO and Director of Mannatech, Incorporated (Nasdaq: MTEX), where he successfully turned around this company and returned it to profitability. He also held senior executive positions in many successful corporations, namely at Amway Corporation, Avon Products, Gryphon Investments and Hosiery Corporation of America. Mr. Henry served on many boards of directors of private and public companies, namely Purity Products, McCaffrey & McCall, Inc., Saatchi & Saatchi DFS, Inc. and National Media Corp. (NYSE). Mr. Henry holds a license from the New York Bar Association, a Juris Doctor from Brooklyn Law School in New York as well as a Bachelor of Science in Accounting from Hunter College in New York.

Rod Budd

Rod Budd

Mr. Budd  has over 30 years of experience in public accounting, serving emerging and growth companies - with a focus on those in the life sciences sector - from start-ups to large multinationals. He has extensive experience with public companies in both Canada and the United States, having assisted in more than a dozen  IPOs and numerous secondary issues in the past 15 years. Mr. Budd was a partner in Ernst & Young for 25 years until his retirement in 2010. For the last eight years, he was the Canadian firm’s life sciences practice leader and responsible for establishing Ernst & Young as the leading business advisor to life sciences companies. He has served as an advisor to many well-known private and public biotechnology companies. He currently sits on the advisory Board of the Rosalind and Morris Goodman Cancer Centre of McGill University.


Dieter Beer

Dieter Beer

Mr. Beer is the co-founder of Immunotec. Mr. Beer founded Immunotec Research Corp. with Dr. Gustavo Bounous and a team of medical researchers from McGill University in 1988. In 1996, Immunotec Research Corp. merged with Mr. Roberts’ company to form Immunotec. Earlier in his career, in 1961, Mr. Beer launched an electronics import business in Germany. As the exclusive agent and importer of leading electronics brands, he commercialized his own line of audio, hi fi and video equipment under the company name TEC. Mr. Beer then went on to purchase ORFA AG, a Swiss environmental and engineering company, and developed a fully automated recycling system that was licensed to companies such as Hitachi Zosen, Kawasaki Heavy Industries, ORFA Germany, and Ecoltecnica Italy. The launch of other ORFA projects in Europe, the Middle East and Asia followed. Mr. Beer has studied Economics, Electronics, International Law and Languages in Germany, England, France, and Spain.

Robert Dépatie

Robert Dépatie

Mr. Dépatie is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Vidéotron Ltd. a position he has held since June 2003. He joined Vidéotron Ltd. in December 2001 as Principal Vice President of Sales, Marketing and Customer Service. Prior to joining Vidéotron Ltd., Mr. Dépatie held many high level positions in the food distribution industry, such as President of Distributions alimentaires Le Marquis/Planters. From 1988 to 1996, he held various positions with H.J. Heinz Canada Ltd. Mr. Dépatie began his career in sales with Bessy’s Foods and Nabisco Canada. He serves as a Director of Cable Television Laboratories, Inc. and of CF Cable TV Inc. and Vidéotron (regional) Ltd.

Charles L. Orr

Charles L. Orr

Mr. Orr has 43 years of experience in a variety of industries and distribution channels including financial services, information systems, dietary supplements, foods, roses, household products, skincare, and water filtration. From 1993 through 2000, Mr. Orr was President and Chief Executive Officer of Shaklee Corporation, which included the brand names of Harry and David, Jackson and Perkins, and Shaklee. Prior business associations include RCA, Xerox, Connecticut General, Southwestern Life, Continental Insurance, and Federated Investors. From 2000 to present, Mr. Orr has served as an advisor and board member to several private and public companies. Past board affiliations include Herbalife Ltd. (NYSE:HLF), Provident Mutual Life Insurance Company, Shaklee Corporation, the Direct Selling Association, the Direct Selling Education Foundation, Consumer Health Products Association and Shaklee Cares.

Richard Patte

Richard Patte

Mr. Patte is the Executive Vice-President of Immunotec. Mr. Patte has over 35 years of experience in corporate financial management and organizational development. A chartered accountant, Mr. Patte was a partner of the accounting firms Jarrett, Goold & Elliott and Price Waterhouse. He later took his financial expertise to an international network marketing company where he was Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Patte gained insight into the production and marketing of natural health products as a director and officer of a Quebec research and development company and for a group of companies manufacturing and distributing dietary supplements.

Charles H. Roberts

Charles H. Roberts

Mr. Roberts is the co-founder of Immunotec. In 1996, his company joined forces with Immunotec Research Corp., a company with 10 years of expertise in research on health promoting products, to form Immunotec. Immediately prior to founding Immunotec, Mr. Roberts was instrumental in the worldwide expansion of a network marketing company based in Montreal. Prior to that, Mr. Roberts started Descente Canada, which went on to become the supplier of sportswear to high profile sports teams such as the American, Canadian, Swiss, and Spanish Olympic ski teams.