Geoff Bennett:
CLASS OF 1978
Henry Wise Wood High SchoolClass of 1978
Calgary, AB
Geoff's Story
For the last 8 years we have been living in Napier, New Zealand. It is a small city on the east coast of the North Island. It is 39 degrees south of the equator so much like San Francisco in terms of weather. During that time I founded and grew a company called Southern Lights Biomaterials that manufactures medical grade collagen derived from bovine (cow) tendons. This collagen is used in many medical devices in the area of wound care and regenerative medicine. Kind of a strange thing for a Chartered Accountant from Calgary to be doing! I recently sold the company to the London Stock Exchange ...Expand for more
listed company Collagen Solutions. I now sit on their board of directors along with directing many of the business elements of the combine company.
The brief summary of the rest of 35 years is:
1978-1982 University of Alberta Bachelor of Commerce
1983 Married Alison Millar - She is Family Doctor
1983 - 1987 Articled to be a CA with Ernst and Young
1988-2001 A few CFO jobs gaining experience to run by own business
2002 Founded Southern Lights Biomaterials
We have 2 kids: Marla (1988) she is resident in Orthopaedic Surgery in Auckland NZ; Rory (1990) he teaches at private school is Osaka Japan.
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