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Summary

Name Age Since Current Position

Allan Yap

 57 Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer

Johann Tergesen

 2012 President, Chief Operating Officer

Jade Cheng

 Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer

Dorothy Law

 42 2010 Senior Vice President - Legal, Corporate Secretary

Randy Willardsen

 2001 Senior Vice President - Process

Martin Schweizer

 Vice President - Technical Development

Bradford Allen

 2012 Lead Independent Director

Alan Chan

 2010 Director

Rosanna Chau

 1998 Director

John Gilpin

 2011 Director

Matthew Hall

 2011 Independent Director

David Tyrrell

 2009 Independent Director
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Biographies

Name Description

Allan Yap

 Dr. Allan Yap is Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer of Burcon NutraScience Corporation. Dr. Yap has over 29 years of experience in finance, investment and banking. Dr. Yap was the President and a director of Burcon Group Limited from June 1998 to July 2007, a private company which is involved in real estate and other investments. Dr. Yap obtained his Honorary Doctor of Laws degree from the University of Victoria in 2001. Dr. Yap is the Chairman of Hanny Holdings Limited and executive director of Rosedale Hotel Holdings Limited (until May 2011) and See Corporation Limited (until June 2011), all of which are companies whose shares are listed on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Stock Limited. He is the chairman and chief executive officer of China Enterprises Limited, a company whose shares are traded on the OTC Securities Market in the United States. He is the executive chairman of Hanwell Holdings Limited (formerly PSC Corporation Ltd.), Intraco Limited and Tat Seng Packaging Group Ltd., all of which are companies whose shares are listed on the Singapore Exchange Limited. In June 2011, Dr. Yap was appointed as alternate director to Dr. Charles Chan of Television Broadcasts Limited, a company whose shares are listed on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited.

Johann Tergesen

 Mr. Johann F. Tergesen is President, Chief Operating Officer of Burcn NutraScience Corporation. He is no longer Director of the Company effective September 12, 2012. Mr. Tergesen was one of the founding shareholders of Burcon Capital Corp., which acquired B.M.W. Canola Inc. in October of 1999 and subsequently changed its name to Burcon NutraScience Corporation. Prior to his role as president and chief operating officer of Burcon NutraScience Corporation, Mr. Tergesen was vice president and treasurer of BurCon Properties Limited, a real estate development and ownership company with assets in excess of $3 billion. Mr. Tergesen has been with the Burcon group of companies since December of 1995. Prior to that, he was a manager in the corporate finance group of the Vancouver office of Coopers & Lybrand, Chartered Accountants. Mr. Tergesen holds a B.A. in economics from the University of Winnipeg, an M.B.A. from McGill University, and is a member of the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants.

Jade Cheng

 Ms. Jade Cheng is Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer of Burcon NutraScience Corporation. Ms. Cheng has been with the Burcon group of companies since July 1995, holding various senior financial positions, including Vice-President, Group Audit and Corporate Secretary of BurCon Properties Limited until its merger with its controlled subsidiary, Oxford Properties Group Inc., in May 1998. Prior thereto, Ms. Cheng was a Manager with the General Practice group of the Vancouver office of Coopers & Lybrand, Chartered Accountants. Ms. Cheng holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Economics and a Master’s Degree in Business Administration from the University of British Columbia and is a member of the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants.

Dorothy Law

 Ms. Dorothy K. T. Law is Senior Vice President - Legal, Corporate Secretary of Burcon NutraScience Corporation. Ms. Law was a director of Burcon from December 1998 to April 2010. Ms. Law joined the Burcon group of companies in August 1997 and acted as corporate counsel. Prior thereto, she was an associate at the law firm of Lang Michener LLP, practising primarily in the areas of securities, corporate and commercial law. Ms. Law was called to the British Columbia Bar and admitted as a member of the Law Society of British Columbia in August 1996. Ms. Law holds a Bachelor of Laws degree and a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of British Columbia. Ms. Law was also admitted as a solicitor of the High Court of Hong Kong in May 1999. She is a non-practising member of the Law Society of Hong Kong.

Randy Willardsen

 Mr. Randy Willardsen is Senior Vice President - Process of Burcon NutraScience Corporation. Mr. Willardsen has over 28 years of experience in the fields of membrane filtration and food, dairy, and biotechnology processes. Mr. Willardsen was the founder of Separation Technology, Inc., a supplier of membrane-based purification equipment and related services to the food industry with particular emphasis on dairy and beverage applications. Mr. Willardsen was also co-founder of both Inprotech Corporation, a supplier of high quality whey proteins to the U.S. market, and BioPlex Nutrition, a nutritional supplement company focused on formulated protein supplements. With BioPlex, he served as technical director, and oversaw manufacturing of all products until the company was sold in 1999. Most recently, Mr. Willardsen founded Gallo Protein, a partnership with Joseph Gallo Farms to produce purified whey protein isolates. Mr. Willardsen has worked with Burcon since April of 2001, providing advisory services and technical reviews of the Company’s extraction technology. Mr. Willardsen holds a masters degree in Food Science and Nutrition from the University of Minnesota.

Martin Schweizer

 Dr. Martin Schweizer is Vice President - Technical Development of Burcon NutraScience Corporation. Dr. Schweizer joined Burcon in May 2002 as a process-engineering specialist. He relocated from Nancy, France, where he earned his doctorate at the Institut National Polytechnique de Lorraine, with an emphasis on the enzymatic hydrolysis of rapeseed proteins. Prior to his Ph.D. work, Dr. Schweizer studied chemical engineering at the University of Karlsruhe, Germany, where he specialized in food process engineering and water technology. Since January 2003, Dr. Schweizer has overseen Burcon’s research and development efforts at its Winnipeg Technical Centre.

Bradford Allen

 Mr. Bradford Allen is Lead Independent Director of Burcon NutraScience Corporation. Mr. Allen has over 30 years of experience in the investment, banking and securities industries. His career in private banking and investment banking includes working at investment banks in both the institutional and private sectors in New York, Los Angeles and Hong Kong. Mr. Allen has raised private and institutional capital for companies in both the US and Hong Kong, as well as advising on mergers and acquisitions. Mr. Allen graduated with a business degree from Villanova University in 1978.

Alan Chan

 Mr. Alan Chan is Director of Burcon NutraScience Corporation. Mr. Chan is an executive director of ITC Corporation Limited, ITC Properties Group Ltd., and PYI Corporation Limited, all in Hong Kong. At ITC Corporation Limited, Mr. Chan focuses on private equity, venture capital and corporate finance transactions across countries and industries. At ITC Properties Group Limited, Mr. Chan is involved with the investment and development of commercial, hospitality and residential projects across Asia. In addition, he is the lead in developing new policies for green and sustainable practices throughout the group. Mr. Chan is the director of corporate finance at PYI Corporation Limited. Mr. Chan is also currently an advisor to the BEE Inc. (Bisagni Environmental Enterprise). Prior to joining ITC, Mr. Chan worked in the Investment Banking Division of Goldman Sachs Group with a focus on capital raising, mergers & acquisitions and strategic advisory for financial institutions in Greater China and Southeast Asia. Mr. Chan is a graduate of Duke University majoring in Political Science - International Relations and minors in Philosophy and Economics.

Rosanna Chau

 Ms. Rosanna Chau, CPA, is Director of Burcon NutraScience Corporation. Ms. Chau is the Deputy Chairman and Managing Director of ITC Corporation Limited, an investment holding company which has interests in a diverse portfolio of businesses and the shares of which are listed on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited. She is responsible for ITC Corporation Limited’s operations and business development and has over 31 years of experience in international corporate management and finance. Ms. Chau holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Commerce at the University of Alberta and a Master’s Degree in Commerce at the University of New South Wales and has been awarded the Certificate in Traditional Chinese Medicine: A Way to Health at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. She has professional accounting qualifications and experience in different jurisdictions and is a fellow member of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the CPA Australia and a member of the Certified General Accountants’ Association of Canada. Ms. Chau is a member of the General Committee of The Chamber of Hong Kong Listed Companies, a non-profit organization serving listed companies and other industry bodies in Hong Kong. She was a director of Oxford Properties Group Inc. from July 1995 to October 2001. Ms. Chau was a director of BurCon Properties Limited from July 1997 to May 1998.

John Gilpin

 Mr. John Douglas Gilpin is Director of Burcon NutraScience Corporation. He retired from the partnership of KPMG LLP in 1999. In 2008, Mr. Gilpin received a Life Service Award from The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Alberta in recognition of 40 years experience in delivering professional services to business and the community. During his 18 years tenure as a partner in Advisory Services at KPMG he served as an audit engagement partner. He was a member of the KPMG’s National Quality Assurance, the National Financial Institutions and Insurance Groups and he was the Quality Assurance Partner for the Edmonton office for 10 years. Mr. Gilpin has consulted on corporate governance, including compliance with the Sarbanes Oxley Act 404 and National Instrument 52-109 reporting for issuers listed on the TSX. Mr. Gilpin has served as a director of Canada Health Infoway (“CHI”) and a director of Afexa Life Sciences Inc. (“Afexa”), the makers of COLD-FX, where he served as lead director until June 2011. He has served as a director of The Institute of Health Economics of Alberta (“IHE”), Alberta Innovates Technology Futures (“AITF”) and in 2012 he was appointed to the Board of the Health Quality Council of Alberta (“HQCA”). He was the chair of the governance committee and a member of the audit committee of CHI, and is the Chair of the audit committee for each of IHE, AITF and HQCA. Mr. Gilpin is executive chair of The Inspections Group Inc., a privately owned company that performs safety code inspection services, building, plumbing and gas and electrical inspections in compliance with the Safe Codes Act of Alberta. Mr. Gilpin is a member of the Institute of Corporate Directors and recently received his ICD.D designation from the Institute. Mr. Gilpin was elected as Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Alberta in 2012.

Matthew Hall

 Mr. Matthew Hall is Independent Director of Burcon NutraScience Corporation. Mr. Hall is a marketing and consumer packaged goods veteran with unique experience in step change marketing initiatives. Mr. Hall had a 31-year career with Nestle, the world’s food and beverages company. Having worked in several countries, including Nestle’s head office in Switzerland, he has gained experience across continents, business functions and product categories. Mr. Hall has developed and implemented step change marketing, communications and sales capability initiatives, which were launched in Canada, rolled out globally and resulted in sustained growth and profit results for Nestle. As Managing Director/CEO, Food, Coffee and Beverages Division, Nestle U.K. from January 2008 to March 2010, Mr. Hall has initiated and implemented organizational re-designs and new product launches, introduced edge sustainability processes along with health, wellness and nutrition programs. He is currently an independent consultant.

David Tyrrell

 Dr. David Lorne John Tyrrell, M.D., Ph.D., is Independent Director of Burcon NutraScience Corp. He is the Canadian Institute of Health Research (CIHR)/Glaxo SmithKline Chair in Virology in the Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology at the University of Alberta. Since 1986, he has focused his research on viral hepatitis. Supported by CIHR and Glaxo Canada, Dr. Tyrrell’s work on the development of antiviral therapy resulted in the licensing of the first oral antiviral agent to treat chronic hepatitis B infection – lamivudine - in 1998. Dr. Tyrrell holds 22 international patents for his studies on viral hepatitis. Dr. Tyrrell was Dean of the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry from 1994 – 2004 at the University of Alberta and is currently the Chair of the Board of Directors of the Gairdner Foundation. The Canada Gairdner International Awards recognizes excellence in medical science research globally. Dr. Tyrrell has received numerous prestigious awards including the Gold Medal of the Canadian Liver Foundation (2000), the FNG Starr Award of the Canadian Medical Association (2004), the Principal Award of the Manning Awards Foundation (2005) and the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal (2012). Dr. Tyrrell was appointed Officer of the Order of Canada in 2002. In April 2010, D. Lorne Tyrrell was appointed as the inaugural director of the Li Ka Shing Institute of Virology at the University of Alberta. On April 28, 2011, Dr. Tyrrell was inducted to the Canadian Medical Hall of Fame.

Basic Compensation

Name Fiscal Year Total

Allan Yap

 1,215,780

Johann Tergesen

 348,333

Jade Cheng

 165,000

Dorothy Law

 --

Randy Willardsen

 --

Martin Schweizer

 --

Bradford Allen

 --

Alan Chan

 --

Rosanna Chau

 --

John Gilpin

 --

Matthew Hall

 --

David Tyrrell

 --
As Of 30 Mar 2012

Options Compensation

Name Options Value

Allan Yap

 300,000 2,047,403

Johann Tergesen

 451,000 3,011,910

Jade Cheng

 173,000 1,049,560

Dorothy Law

 0 0

Randy Willardsen

 0 0

Martin Schweizer

 0 0

Bradford Allen

 0 0

Alan Chan

 0 0

Rosanna Chau

 0 0

John Gilpin

 0 0

Matthew Hall

 0 0

David Tyrrell

 0 0

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