Shelley McCloskey B.A., Dip. Ed.

Executive Vice President, Human Resources

Ms. McCloskey has served as our Executive Vice President, Human Resources since January 2022, and has led our Human Resources department since joining Xenon in September 2019. Prior to joining us, Ms. McCloskey was Vice President, Human Resources and Administration at Aquinox Pharmaceuticals, Inc. from 2015 to 2018. Previously, she was Vice President, Human Resources from 2010 to 2015 at STEMCELL Technologies Inc., Canada’s largest life sciences company by number of employees, with operations in North America, Europe and Asia Pacific. In 2005, Ms. McCloskey was named Vice President, Human Resources at Xantrex Technology Inc., a publicly traded global advanced renewable energy and power electronics company that was acquired by Schneider Electric for C$500M in 2008. From 2000 to 2005, Ms. McCloskey served as Vice President, Human Resources and Information Systems at Inex Pharmaceuticals Inc., a publicly traded biopharmaceutical company. Ms. McCloskey has an B.A. in Psychology and an Education Diploma from the University of British Columbia.