Winner of the CHFA John Holtmann Leadership Award

September 17, 2014 By

Alicja Wojewnik, MSc
CEO dicentra

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Alicja Wojewnik arrived to Canada from Poland nearly thirty years ago.  Leveraging her master’s level education as a microbiologist and experience working in a lab, Alicja secured a job at what was then a small company in Windsor called Jamieson Laboratories.

Alicja was appointed by the Health Minister, Allan Rock, to join a Transition Team that would be tasked with developing a new regulatory framework for health products.  The Natural Health Products Regulations of Canada came to be as a result of this joined effort.

Recognizing that the industry would need guidance to operate under this new regulatory framework, Alicja established dicentra – a leading global regulatory consultancy that helps companies of all sizes develop and market health products in North American marketplaces.  With her strategic approach to regulatory and scientific affairs, her long-standing government relationships and inspirational leadership, Alicja and her dicentra team provide sought-after advice that has helped hundreds of companies establish a leading role in Canada and the United States.

Congratulations Alicja!