Theresa Firestone is a Senior Associate of Weiss International Ltd. Theresa currently provides support to senior business leaders including active mentoring and coaching with a focus on driving business results, building strong teams and managing in challenging environments. She has coached hundreds of employees over the course of her career with a particular focus on supporting the ongoing development of senior women leaders.  Theresa is also a business mentor with the Women Get on Board program.

Theresa is an accomplished business leader with over 35-years’ experience in retail, pharmaceuticals, health & wellness, and government affairs. She has held senior executive positions in Canada, Europe and Asia and led teams in 15 different countries. Throughout her career in government and the private sector, Theresa has built high performing teams with a focus on driving profitability, execution, customer service, and operational excellence.

In addition, Theresa is currently a board member with, Apotex, Aurora Cannabis Inc. (NASDAQ: ACB, TSX: ACB), Cybin Inc. (NEO:CYBN, NYSE: Cybin), Orion Biotechnology and Prollenium Medical Technologies as well as adMare Bioinnovations.  She is Lead Independent Director with Cybin. She is also a member of numerous Board committees including Audit, HRCC and Governance and chairs four HR committees.

Theresa’s most recent executive role was as the Senior Vice President, Health and Wellness at Shoppers Drug Mart (SDM), Canada’s largest retail pharmacy chain. Theresa was responsible for leading the company’s health and wellness initiatives including developing new growth strategies, the development and launch of the Health Clinics by Shoppers, dietitian services, pharmacy services including vaccines and the launch of the PC Health App. Theresa was also responsible for leading several Shoppers businesses including MediSystem Pharmacies, Shoppers Specialty Health Network, Sanis Health (a generic drug company owned and operated by SDM), 43 corporately owned Wellwise retail outlets, and the Beauty Clinic by Shoppers.  She has extensive P&L, strategy development, human resources and operations experience. Theresa also chaired the Women’s Initiative – Go Further Women, as a pillar lead for the Diversity and Inclusion initiative at Shoppers/Loblaws from 2017- 2019.

Prior to joining Shoppers Drug Mart, Theresa was Regional President of  Emerging Markets Asia with Pfizer Inc. in Shanghai and had responsibility for a P&L of $1.4B and 13 countries in Asia.  She was also General Manager of the Established Products Business Unit with Pfizer Canada, Country Manager with Pfizer Austria, VP Sales and VP of Government Affairs with Pfizer Canada.

Theresa was awarded many prestigious honors including:

• Queen’s Golden Jubilee Medal
• Inducted into the Canadian Healthcare Marketing Hall of Fame
• Honored as one of 12 outstanding Canadian Women by the Weizmann Institute
• Honored by the Montreal Board of Trade as an Exceptional Woman for Business Achievements