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Tony Redpath ensures that MaRS' growing suite of external and internal programs work together. He also advises entrepreneurs and high-growth companies, particularly in environmental, advanced materials and manufacturing markets, with a special emphasis on mentoring and development of entrepreneurs.

Tony joined MaRS after serving as Vice President at Primaxis, where he evaluated investment opportunities, negotiated investments and managed relationships with investee companies.  Prior to Primaxis, Tony worked for the Ontario Centres of Excellence in the materials and manufacturing area. He started his industrial career as a research scientist at EcoPlastics, a small technology-based company developing photo-degradable plastics and other environmental technologies; he became president and led the company through a public listing. Tony served as a consultant on environmental issues for a range of companies/agencies in such fields as forestry, health care, chemicals and transportation. He holds a BSc in chemistry from the University of Alberta and a PhD in Physical Chemistry (molecular dynamics) from the University of Toronto in Ontario. He completed postdoctoral fellowships in West Berlin (ion-molecule reactions) and Toronto (polymer dynamics).