Martin Yuill will step down as the head of Charlottetown-based Emergence life sciences incubator next month to head the new Cleantech Commons in Peterborough, Ont.
Under Yuill’s leadership, Emergence has grown into a business development support organization for biotech companies inside and outside Atlantic Canada, and has built up a portfolio of 73 Canadian companies. He is departing as the organization aims to develop more of a presence in each Atlantic Province. He will leave Emergence Feb. 28.
The next day, Yuill will become the founding Executive Director of Cleantech Commons and his