Press Release – Helius Therapeutics Mary Alice Simon has been appointed Chief Operating Officer (COO) at Helius Therapeutics – New Zealands largest licenced medicinal cannabis company. Ms Simon joins Helius with extensive experience in the pharmaceuticals industry – both in Operations and … Mary Alice Simon has been appointed Chief Operating Officer (COO) at Helius Therapeutics – New Zealand’s largest licenced medicinal cannabis company. Ms Simon joins Helius with extensive experience in the pharmaceuticals industry – both in Operations and Quality Assurance. Most recently, she was Head of Operations – Healthcare at API Consumer Brands, following four years as Head of Quality overseeing API’s pharmaceutical and personal care manufacturing plants in Auckland.