Board of Directors

Tim Penner is Chair of our Board and has served as a member of our Board and our Audit Committee since March 2019. Tim Penner was President of Procter & Gamble Inc. (P&G) (Canada) from 1999 to 2011, when he retired after 33 years with the company. He has extensive international experience, as Vice President of P&G’s Health and Beauty Care business in the UK and Ireland, and later as Vice President of P&G’s North American Tissue/Towel business in Cincinnati, Ohio. He previously served as a Director and Chair of the HR Committee for Intact Financial, as Vice Chair at SickKids Hospital, as Board Chair of TIAP (formerly MaRS Innovation), as Board Chair at YMCA of Greater Toronto, and as a Director at Club Coffee and The Beer Store. Tim also previously served as Chair of GS-1 Canada; Food & Consumer Products Canada; and Career Bridge and is a past Campaign Chair of the United Way of Greater Toronto. He holds a Bachelor of Business Administration from Wilfrid Laurier University.

Since joining the company in 2018, Mike has been instrumental in positioning Jamieson Wellness for global growth. He has led the organization through several transformative initiatives, including the successful acquisition of US-based Nutrawise/youtheory in 2022, Jamieson Wellness’ largest acquisition to-date. He also led the ownership transition of Jamieson’s business in China, positioning the company for success in the fastest growing VMS market in the world. Prior to becoming President and CEO, Mike served as President, Specialty Brands, and President of Jamieson Canada.

Before joining Jamieson Wellness, Mike spent over a decade with The Clorox Company in progressively senior Finance, Brand Management, and Sales positions, including General Manager and President, Canada, where he led unprecedented growth across multiple categories. He also previously held cross-functional roles at Playtex Products and Kraft Foods.

Mike currently serves on the Board of Directors at Melanoma Canada and previously served as Director at the Food, Health and Consumer Products Association of Canada (FHCP) from 2015 to 2023, including terms as Vice-Chair and Treasurer. He holds a Bachelor of Accounting from Brock University and a CPA designation.

Heather Allen has served as a member of our Board since October 2017. She was a member of our Governance, Compensation and Nominating Committee from October 2017 to June 2020 and a member of our Audit Committee from July 2020 to June 2022. Heather was appointed as Chair of the Governance Committee in July 2022.

Heather brings expansive branding and innovation experience within the consumer health category globally, including North America, Europe and Asia. As Executive Vice President for Category Development at Reckitt Benckiser plc, she led a global brand portfolio transformation and managed a team of 1200+ people across continents. In addition to her focus on growth, Ms. Allen has managed risk in areas related to future innovation, product portfolio and digital communication. Heather obtained an Honours Bachelor of Commerce from Queen’s University in 1990 and an MBA from the International Institute for Management Development in Lausanne, Switzerland in 1995. In 2017 she received a Certificate in Company Direction from the Institute of Directors in London, U.K.

Dr. Louis J. Aronne has served as a member of our Board since April 2014. He is the Sanford I. Weill Professor of Metabolic Research at Weill-Cornell Medical College where he directs the Comprehensive Weight Control Center, a state-of-the-art, multidisciplinary obesity research and treatment program. He has been on the faculty at Weill Cornell Medicine since 1986 and has been a principal investigator on more than 60 clinical trials and has more than 150 publications and three books. Louis has worked with the US FDA and FTC in matters concerning weight loss supplements and advised the Veterans Administration on development of the MOVE weight management program. He is a founder and director of Intellihealth, a telehealth medical weight management system that is delivered by health care providers. Louis is also Chairman of the American Board of Obesity Medicine and former president of the Obesity Society. Since 2001 he has been ranked in Castle-Connelly’s Top Doctors in New York directory as a specialist in obesity and internal medicine. Louis graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Trinity College with a Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry and with a Doctor of Medicine from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He completed his internship and residency at Albert Einstein College of Medicine.

Tania Clarke has served as a member of our Board and on our Audit Committee since November 2021. In May 2023, she was appointed as Chair of the Audit Committee. Tania has both public and private company experience across several industries including retail, food and beverage, and financial. She has previously served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (CFO) at publicly traded multinational corporations, including New Look Vision group and Imvescor Restaurant Group. Tania was also CFO and Acting Chief Information Officer at Le Groupe Voyage Vision 2000 Inc. from 2007 to 2010 and spent 14 years as Executive Vice President and CFO at Grand Toys International Ltd. She currently sits on the Board of Directors of the Business Development Bank of Canada, Futurpreneur, a non-profit organization, and the McGill University Health Foundation. Tania has held board positions on the West Island Black Community Association and The Games for Hope Foundation. She is a Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA) and a Certified Public Accountant (CPA-U.S.). As of February 2023, she holds the ICD.D designation from the Institute of Corporate Directors and was Cohort Valedictorian. Between January and April 2024, Tania received the Climate and Biodiversity (CCB.D) and Sustainability & ESG (GCB.D) designations with Competent Boards. In 2025, she was awarded the King Charles III Medal for her business and community contributions and recognized with the CPA Fellow distinction.

Diane Nyisztor has served as a member of our Board and the Governance, Compensation, and Nominating Committee since January 2025. She is a Chartered Professional Accountant and former senior executive with more than 30 years of experience in global human resources, compensation advisory, corporate governance, and expatriate tax.

Diane served as Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer at Cogeco Inc. between 2014 and 2021 and was Partner, International Executive Services at KPMG Canada LLP from 2013 to 2014. Prior to that, she held several progressively senior leadership positions in human resources at AtkinsRéalis (formerly SNC-Lavalin Group Inc.). In addition to her Board role at Jamieson Wellness, Diane has served as a Corporate Director and member of the Corporate Governance and Human Resources Committee for Saputo Inc. since 2016. She also is on the board of the YMCAs of Québec where she is Chair of the Human Resources Committee.

Diane holds a Bachelor of Commerce from Concordia University. She obtained her Human Resources Compensation Committee Certification from the Directors College of McMaster University.

Mei Ye has served as a Director of our Board and a member of our Audit Committee since June 24, 2021. Ms. Ye is an independent corporate director and international business advisor, based in Shanghai. She was formerly a senior advisor to McKinsey & Company, and a former management consultant and strategist with more than 25 years’ experience in a variety of industries including consumer goods and retail.

Ms. Ye currently serves on the board of Bekaert S.A, a public company in steel cord transformation and coating technology in Belgium, the China Reinsurance Group, a public company traded on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange and one of the largest reinsurance groups in China, and on the board of Stanford Global Projects Center, an interdisciplinary research centre at Stanford University. Previously, Ms. Ye was a board member of the Shenwan Hongyuan Group, a leading investment holding public company and portfolio company of China Investment Corporation, and a director of leading securities company Shenyin & Wanguo. Prior to McKinsey, Ms. Ye was a corporate strategy manager and lead analyst at E*TRADE Financial in the United States. She has also held research analyst positions at Gartner, Social Policy Research Associates, and the President’s Office of University of North Carolina System. Ms. Ye has an M.P.A. in International Economics from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and a B.A. in Laws from Fudan University in China.

Mr. Vimard has served as a member of our Board and on our Audit Committee since July 1, 2023. Mr. Vimard is a Chartered Professional Accountant with over 30 years of retail experience, including 22 years at Empire Company, one of Canada’s leading grocery companies. During his tenure at Empire, Mr. Vimard served as Chief Financial Officer from 2007 to 2014 and was appointed interim President and Chief Executive Officer in 2016, a position which he held until his retirement from the company in 2017.

Mr. Vimard is a seasoned board member who currently serves as Chair of the Board of Kruger Products Inc., Canada’s leading manufacturer of tissue products which is publicly traded as KP Tissue Inc. (KPT.TO). He also serves on the boards of GS1 Canada, a not-for-profit company that manages global barcode standards, and Andrew Peller LTD (ADW.B), a Canadian-based winery company. He previously served on the board for Market GoodFood (FOOD), a consumer-focused meal kit delivery company.

Mr. Vimard earned his Bachelor of Business Administration degree and License in Accounting Sciences from the University of Laval, in Quebec, Canada, and is a member of the Quebec Chartered Accountant Order. Mr. Vimard also has an executive certificate in Strategic Retail Management from Babson College in Boston, MA. Additionally, Mr. Vimard is a member and graduate of the Institute of Corporate Directors.

Ms. Tait has served as a member of our Board and as a member of the Governance, Compensation and Nominating Committee since October 2025. Ms. Tait brings over 25 years of executive leadership experience across the consumer goods, technology and ecommerce sectors. She has held senior roles at L’Oréal, Google, and Trove, where she consistently delivered growth, digital transformation and organizational scale across global businesses. At L’Oréal, she led the UK & Ireland Consumer Products Division to market-leading performance, and at Google Play she scaled a multi-billion-dollar business across 35 markets. Most recently, she served as CEO of Trove, a venture-backed circular economy company. Ms Tait is Board Director and Compensation Committee member at e.l.f Beauty (NYSE: ELF) where she has helped guide the company through a period of hypergrowth, international expansion, and advised on acquisitions such as Naturium and Rhode Beauty. In addition to her public board roles, Ms. Tait advises and invests in early-stage companies applying AI to modernize the CPG technology stack. She obtained a Bachelor of Arts from Oxford University (St. Peter’s College).