Ms. Daley was appointed as an independent director in June 2023 and holds over eleven years of accounting, controller, and financial reporting experience in the public sector. Ms. Daley has worked a variety of industries in both the United States and Canada. Since July 2021, Ms. Daley has served as Manager of Accounting at Anavex Life Sciences Corp. (NASDAQ: AVXL), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company based in New York, NY that is focused on developing treatments for debilitating neurodegenerative and neurodevelopmental diseases. In addition, from August 2021 to July 2022, she served as an independent director and audit committee chair to Vegano Foods (CSE: VAGN) during Vegano Food’s initial public offering in February 2022. From October 2015 to July 2021, Ms. Daley was a Manager of Financial Reporting and Advisory Services to various public companies in the United States and Canada, through her position with the accounting firm, Treewalk (previously ACM Management, Inc.). At Treewalk Ms. Daley assisted clients in meeting their quarterly and annual reporting requirements including the preparation of complete financial reporting packages and managing assurance engagements from start to finish. At Treewalk, she also served as chief financial officer to Makena Resources Inc. (CSE: MKNA) (April 2018 – April 2019) and Naked Brand Group Inc. (NASDAQ: NAKD) (March 2018 – June 2018) until the completion of their prospective mergers in April 2019 and June 2018, respectively. From September 2011 to April 2015, Ms. Daley was employed with Naked Brand Group Inc., where she worked in the accounting department, serving as controller from August 2013 until her departure in April 2015, and where she was also responsible for assisting in various operational functions including EDI implementation, ERP implementation, inventory management, information technology and office administration. From July 2021 to present, Ms. Daley has acted as manager of accounting at Anavex Life Sciences where she assists to in the finalization of all internal reporting, budgeting, and operational matters such as annual SOX audits, quarterly reviews, IT audits, and annual audits. Ms. Daley’s expertise in financial accounting for public companies and her having served as a chief financial officer and controller on companies listed on United States public exchanges makes her a qualified director candidate for our company.
In September 2015, Ms. Daley wrote her Common Final Examination (CFE) through the CPA Western School of Business and became designated in May 2016. She also holds a BBA in Accounting and Economics from the University of the Fraser Valley in Abbotsford, British Columbia.
