Karn Manhas is a

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businessman, entrepreneur and a former politician, who served as a BC Liberal Member of the

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from 2001 to 2005, representing the riding of

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. Manhas was the youngest MLA ever elected in the history of the province of British Columbia. Manhas holds a Juris Doctor in Law from the University of British Columbia, and a B.Sc. in Biology (Genetics) and Biotechnology from McGill University. He formed a tech consulting firm, Karyon Group, which ended in 2008–2009. In 2012, he was named as one of Business In Vancouver's Top Forty Under 40 business people. He is frequently called to speak on issues of sustainability, including at TEDx and Singularity University in Vancouver. Manhas is the founder of Terramera, a Vancouver-based ag/bio technology company that develops plant-based products, including organic biopesticides and biofertilzers. Terramera's proprietary technology known as Actigate has garnered recognition both in BC and abroad and has lifted the company onto the 2019 Global Cleantech 100 list.

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