Ted Van Egdom is the Senior Vice President – Operations for EcoSynthetix (TSX:ECO), a public renewable chemicals company specializing in bio-based materials that are used as inputs for a wide range of end products. He has held the position with the company since 2012. In this role, he is responsible for the company’s global engineering, manufacturing & supply chain, and regulatory affairs. From 2001 to 2012, Mr. Van Egdom served as Vice-President of Manufacturing, where he led the scale-up and commercialization of the company’s product line in North American and Europe, along with the launch of the company’s Centre of Innovation pilot facility in Burlington, Canada. Prior to joining EcoSynthetix, Mr. Van Egdom held leadership roles in both Canada and the USA with a venture capital company, and with Dana Corporation. Mr. Van Egdom holds a Bachelor of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering from Ryerson University in Toronto. Ted is also active in coaching youth hockey and soccer and is a member of the capital campaign board with Youth Unlimited.

Ted has a passion for Sustainability and believes we all have a role to play as ambassadors for change to make our world a cleaner, greener, and safer place to live.