- Announced that Elisabeth Preston has joined the Company as a member of the board of directors and will also serve as the Company’s Corporate Secretary.
- Elisabeth Preston is Chief Legal Counsel for a top tier international defence company with widespread global operations.
Ottawa, Ontario–(February 24, 2021) – KWESST Micro Systems Inc. (TSXV: KWE) (OTCQB: KWEMF) (“KWESST” or “the Company”) is pleased to announce that Elisabeth Preston has joined the Company as a member of the board of directors and will also serve as the Company’s Corporate Secretary.
David Luxton, Executive Chairman of KWESST, said “The entire board extends a very warm welcome to Elisabeth. We are all well acquainted with her by reputation, and I have had the pleasure of working with her directly in other high-growth defence industry ventures where she was a valued colleague and demonstrated an exceptional breadth of knowledge and skills.”
Elisabeth Preston is Chief Legal Counsel for a top tier international defence company with widespread global operations. She is an international business and trade lawyer, with significant transactional experience in many jurisdictions. Her experience spans more than thirty years advising companies as an executive in areas relating to governance, cross-border marketing, strategic relationships, major commercial transactions and financings to fund growth. She has assisted companies to pursue and secure major contracts and to resolve complex international agreements. Elisabeth has worked intensively in the areas of mergers and acquisitions, procurement law, anti-corruption compliance, industrial security, export control and controlled goods as well as labour and employment law. She has also frequently acted as counsel on security-sensitive issues and is one of Canada’s top authorities on ITAR regulations and compliance in the defence industry.
Elisabeth’s practice has also included advising public companies as Chief Legal Officer, General Counsel and in private practice. She has taken several client companies public, and has deep knowledge of the investment banking community, investor relations guidance and public company disclosure and best practices in continuous disclosure. She was also previously the Managing Partner of a major Canadian law firm’s busy Ottawa office.
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