Mauna Kea Technologies announced the appointment of Pierre Forest to the position of Chief Operating Officer, effective June 1, 2016. In this position, he will be responsible for worldwide operations and commercial execution, including the advancement of the Company's recently announced partnership strategy. Mr. Forest, who will be based in Paris and report to Mauna Kea Technologies Co-Founder and CEO, Sacha Loiseau, joins the company with more than 30 years of management, sales, marketing and operational experience in the healthcare industry. Mr. Forest succeeds Florian Kemmerich, who was retained by the Company as Interim Chief Operating Officer in late 2015 to help pilot the operational transition of the company around the new commercial strategy.