Tension between former Syft CEO and board explodes into public domain
Hastie calls for chair to be removed at next AGM and wants back on the board.
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Hastie calls for chair to be removed at next AGM and wants back on the board.
Apr 13 2021 Read 10 Times Author: Vaughan S. Langford, Diandree Padayachee, Kalib J.M. Bell, Jing Ma on behalf of Syft Technologies Ltd Free to read Unlock Direct mass spectrometry combined with automation has potential to significantly increase sample throughputs in routine laboratory analysis. This article describes the performance of direct-analysis selected ion flow tube mass spectrometry (SIFT-MS) integrated with automated thermal desorption. The performance of thermal desorption-SIFT-MS in several air quality applications of conventional thermal desorption-gas chroma...
Doug Hastie had led the company for more than eight years. The chief executive of USX-listed Syft Technologies has suddenly resigned after he was ousted as a director at the company’s annual meeting on Friday. Syft announced yesterday that Doug Hastie, widely known as the founder of tea company Chanui, will step down from the top job and leave the company at the end of the year after 50.9% of shareholders voted against his reappointment to the board. Hastie had led the Christchurch-based company, which made mass-spectrometer sensors to ‘sniff out’ contaminants in the air in minusc...