Questor Announces Board Changes and CEO Appointment

CALGARY, Alberta, Sept. 22, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Questor Technology Inc. (“Questor” or the “Company”) (TSX-V: QST) announces the resignation of James Inkster, Derek O’Malley-Keyes, Glenn Leroux and Stewart Hanlon (collectively, the “Resigning Directors”) from the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Questor Board”). The positions made available by the resignations have been filled through the appointment of four new directors being, Dr. Normand Brais, Mr. Paul Huizinga, Mr. Bastien Commet and Mr. David Stam (the “New Directors”). The Questor Board will now be comprised of the New Directors as well as Audrey Mascarenhas, who has also resumed her position as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company effective immediately and will take on the role of Chair of the Questor Board. In conjunction with his resignation from the Questor Board, Mr. O’Malley-Keyes has also stepped down from his position as interim President and Chief Executive Officer.

Following the previous announcement on August 23, 2023, regarding the departure of Ms. Mascarenhas from the position of President and Chief Executive Officer, certain shareholders of Questor, including Ms. Mascarenhas, comprising a majority position of shareholdings in the Company, engaged in communications with the Resigning Directors regarding the future direction of the Company and certain other related matters. The communications ultimately led to the decision by the Resigning Directors that stepping down from the Questor Board is in the best interests of the Company.

THE NEW DIRECTORS

The Company is extremely pleased to welcome Normand, Paul, Bastien and David to the Questor Board. Alongside Ms. Mascarenhas, it is expected that their diverse experience and expertise will help drive growth and success at Questor. Their contributions will help Questor continue to make a positive impact on the environment and the bottom line for our clients and help the Company grow both domestically and internationally. The New Directors will help in positioning Questor well to address important challenges facing industry.

Dr. Normand Brais holds a mechanical engineering degree and a PhD in Nuclear Engineering from Polytechnique of Montreal. He was appointed as a professor at the Energy Engineering Institute of Polytechnique after he graduated. He has founded several technological companies in fields as various as atmospheric pollution from combustion equipment, biomass combustion, water treatment, photonics, and air/surface UV disinfection. He is the founder of Natcom, an ultra-low NOx burner manufacturer and of BMA, a consulting firm specializing in industrial combustion. In 1995 he founded Sanuvox Technologies, which is now a worldwide leader in air and surface disinfection for hospitals and buildings using ultraviolet germicidal irradiation.