Patheon, Inc. has revised the roles of several senior executives at the company. Nick DiPietro, president and chief operating officer, will assume a new role as executive vice president, corporate development, effective March 1, 2008. In his new role, Mr. DiPietro will lead the development of a long-term corporate strategy and assist in evaluating future growth opportunities. He will continue to report to Wesley P. Wheeler, chief executive officer.

Clive Bennett, president, Patheon U.S.A., will assume a new role as chief technical officer, reporting to Mr. Wheeler, effective March 1, 2008. In this newly created role, Mr. Bennett will be responsible for the company’s global quality, supply chain, information technology and engineering functions. He also will continue to lead the company’s divestiture of its Carolina operations facility in PR.

Steve Liberty has been appointed senior vice president, operations, Canada and U.S.A., and will assume responsibility for the company’s Cincinnati and Burlington Century Lab facilities in addition to his current leadership of the Toronto Region, Whitby and York Mills sites. Mr. Liberty will report to Terence Novak, who recently joined Patheon as president, North American operations and chief marketing officer.

“This realignment of responsibilities will result in a more focused and effective executive team, enabling us to move forward to build and grow our business,” said Mr. Wheeler. “I look forward to Nick’s leadership and capitalizing on his creativity and entrepreneurial talent as we develop a new strategic plan for Patheon,” said Mr. Wheeler.