Burcon NutraScience Corporation announced the appointment of Mr. Calvin Chi Leung Ng as a director of its board. Mr. Ng is a director of Large Scale Investments Limited and Great Intelligence Limited, two companies that together own in the aggregate, approximately 26% of the common shares of Burcon. Large Scale and Great Intelligence are wholly-owned subsidiaries of Firewood Elite Limited, a company wholly-owned by Mr. Alan Chan, a director of Burcon. Mr. Ng is also Group Legal Counsel for ITC Properties Group Limited, a real estate property development and investment company. Mr. Ng has over 20 years' experience of advising on and executing corporate and commercial transactions in law firm and private sectors.