Chuck Roberts, Co-Founder

A self-developed entrepreneur and well-respected international businessman, Chuck Roberts held his first job at Kraft Foods Ltd., where his grandfather was one of the founding Presidents. He joined Pedigree Canada as Sales Manager, and was rapidly promoted to the position of General Manager; in 1972, he purchased the company. Putting forth his entrepreneurial expertise, Chuck took a step forward and started Descente Canada. The company became the supplier of sports gear to high-profile teams such as the American, Canadian, Swiss and Spanish Olympic ski teams.

Descente Canada skiwear remains the top-rated brand in the industry. With his numerous national and international contacts, Chuck was instrumental in the worldwide expansion of a networking company based in Montreal, Canada, where he acted as Executive Vice-President of International Markets. In December 1996, Chuck's company, Evergreen Products Ltd., joined forces with Immunotec Research Corp., a company with ten years' expertise in research on health-promoting products, to form Immunotec Research Ltd.

Dieter Beer, Co-Founder

When Dieter founded Immunotec Research Corp. with Dr. Gustavo Bounous and a team of medical researchers from McGill University in 1988, he was reviving his family's deep-rooted belief in a natural approach to health maintenance. Dieter provided the financial resources necessary for Immunocal/HMS 90's production and patenting, and for the clinical trials that confirmed its health-promoting properties. In 1996, Immunotec Research Corp. merged with Evergreen Products to form Immunotec Research Ltd.

This was not Dieter's first entrepreneurial venture. In 1961, he launched an electronics import business in Germany. As the exclusive agent and importer of leading electronics brands, he commercialized his own line of audio, hi-fi and video equipment under the company name, TEC. Dieter then went on to purchase ORFA AG, a Swiss environmental and engineering company, and developed a fully automated recycling system that was licensed to companies such as Hitachi-Zosen, Kawasaki Heavy Industries, ORFA Germany and Ecoltecnica Italy. The launch of other ORFA projects in Europe, the Middle East and Asia followed.