Allen Charles Edward Eaves, O.C., O.B.C.
Vancouver, British Columbia
Allen Eaves has been at the forefront of Canada’s biotechnology industry. As founder, president and CEO of STEMCELL Technologies Inc., he created the largest biotechnology company in the country, supplying innovative life science research services worldwide. Professor emeritus at the University of British Columbia, he was also head of its clinical hematology division at the Vancouver Hospital and BC Cancer Agency, where he co-founded the renowned Terry Fox Laboratory. Through his leading business acumen, he has successfully commercialized Canadian stem cell research on an international level.