Portage Biotech Inc. announced the election of Steven Mintz to the Board of Directors at the company's Annual and Special Meeting of Shareholders (ASM) held on April 6, 2016. Mr. Mintz has been a Chartered Accountant since 1992 and received his BA (Economics and Accounting) from the University of Toronto in 1989. He obtained his Trustee in Bankruptcy license in 1995 and C.A. designation in June of 1992.

From 1992 to 1997 he was employed by a boutique bankruptcy and insolvency firm and from 1989 until 1992 he did public accounting at a large accounting firm. Since January 1997 he has been a self-employed financial consultant serving both private individuals and companies as well as public companies in a variety of industries including mining, oil and gas, real estate and investment strategies. He has been a director of two CPCs, which have completed Qualifying Transactions.

He has been, and currently is, an officer and director of several publicly traded companies.