SunOpta Inc.

Steven Bromley serves as President and Chief Executive Officer and a Director of SunOpta Inc. Mr. Bromley joined SunOpta in June 2001 and has served in a number of key operating and financial roles since that time. Mr. Bromley served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer through September 2003 until his appointment as Chief Operating Officer. In addition to his role of Chief Operating Officer, Mr. Bromley was appointed by the Board of Directors as President in January 2005 and subsequently as Director and Chief Executive Officer in 2007. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Bromley spent approximately 13 years in the Canadian dairy industry in a wide range of financial and operational roles with both Natrel Inc. and Ault Foods Limited. From 1977 to 1999 he served on the Board of Directors of Natrel Inc. Mr. Bromley is a Director of all of the companies subsidiaries and in July 2004, Mr. Bromley was elected as Director of the Board of Opta Minerals (TSX: OPM), which is approximately 66.7% owned by the Company and was appointed to the Board of Directors of SunOpta Inc. on January 26, 2007.

Allan Routh was elected to the Board of Directors in September 1999. Mr. Routh is President of our Grains and Foods Group and prior to March 2003 was President and Chief Executive Officer of the SunRich Food Group, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of SunOpta. Mr. Routh has been involved in the soy industry and soy industry organizations since 1984. He is also a Director of other private companies. In the past 5 years, Mr. Routh has not served on any other reporting issuers Board of Directors.

Mr. Shreves joined SunOpta Ingredients as Vice President of Sales and Business Development in June of 2001 and served in several roles of increasing responsibility since that time. In August of 2007 he was named Executive Vice President and General Manager. In January 2008 the Board of Directors appointed Mr. Shreves President of SunOpta Ingredients Group. Prior to joining SunOpta Mr. Shreves was Vice President of Sales for International Flavors and Fragrances. Mr. Shreves has over 25 years of experience in the food ingredients business.

Gerry Watts serves as President, SunOpta Fruit Group, Berry Operations. Mr. Watts joined SunOpta in May, 2008. Prior to joining the company, Mr. Watts spent over 25 years in the Fruit Industry in various Operational, Financial, and Sales/Marketing Executive roles with Calavo Growers Inc., Coastal Berry Company, and most recently, as Vice President and General Manager of Maui Pineapple Company. He has extensive management and operating experience with numerous fruit products including pineapple, strawberry, and avocado, as well as diverse geographic experience in Hawaii, Asia, California, Europe and Mexico. Mr. Watts has extensive business turnaround experience as well repositioning companies for profitable growth. Gerry has served on numerous boards representing the industry which he served.

Joseph Stern, President SunOpta Global Organic Ingredients, joined SunOpta in September 2004 as President and co-founder of Organic Ingredients. Joseph's global expertise in organic supply sourcing has recently lead him to be appointed as President of the newly formed SunOpta International Sourcing and Trading Group. Joseph has over 30 years of experience in natural and organic food distribution.

Murray Burke is Vice President & General Manager of the SunOpta BioProcess Group. Mr. Burke has held a number of positions with the Company since1983 within the Steam Explosion Division. Murray Burke, P.Eng. has a BASC in Structural Engineering.

Mr. Varela is a Chartered Accountant and joined SunOpta Inc. in February 2002 as Corporate Controller. During 2003 and 2004 Mr. Varela held the positions of Vice President Finance, Operations and Vice President, Operations & Business Development. In January 2005, in addition to his Vice President role, Mr. Varela was appointed Chief Financial Officer, SunOpta Ingredients Group. In June 2005, the Board of Directors appointed Mr. Varela President of the newly created SunOpta Fruit Group. In the 2 years prior to joining SunOpta, Mr. Varela held a finance role at Bracknell Corp. as Manager, Financial Reporting. From 1997 to 2000, Mr. Varela served as a Senior Associate at PricewaterhouseCoopers. Mr. Varela has not served on any reporting issuers Board of Directors.

Stephen Easterbrook was appointed President of SunOpta’s Canadian Food Distribution group in June 2004. Stephen joined SunOpta in October 2002 as the President of Wild West Organic Harvest and has over 20 years of experience in all aspects of wholesale distribution, including numerous senior management positions in Canadian General Electric. Stephen is a Certified Management Accountant, graduate of the Canadian Institute of Management and British Columbia Institute of Technology – Operations Management. In 2001 he was recipient of the BC Ethics in Action award for Corporate and Social Responsibility.

Arthur McEvily, Ph. D. was appointed Vice President, Technology & Innovation in August 2007 and has also held the position of Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer with SunOpta BioProcess, Inc, since January 2008. Previously, Dr. McEvily had been President of the SunOpta Ingredients Group since April 2003. Prior to that, he held the position of President and Chief Executive Officer of Opta Food Ingredients which he obtained in February 2000. During his tenure with Opta, Dr. McEvily was named Executive Vice President in January 1999, Senior Vice President, Commercial Development in December 1997 and served as Vice President Applications, Technical Service and New Product Commercialization from August 1996 to December 1997. He served as Vice President Sales and Business Development of from December 1993 to July 1996. Dr. McEvily received a B.Sc. in Biochemistry from Marlboro College, Marlboro, Vermont (1981) and a Ph.D. in Chemistry at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (1985). He was a postdoctoral fellow at Harvard Medical School from 1985 to 1988.

Eric Davis joined SunOpta Inc. in March 2009 as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Davis is a Chartered Accountant as well as a Certified Management Accountant with over 25 years of diverse finance and accounting experience in Canada and internationally, with significant experience in the food and beverage manufacturing and distribution markets as well as broad manufacturing experience across a number of industries. Prior to joining SunOpta, Mr. Davis was Chief Financial Officer for Grant Forest Products, a leading Canadian manufacturer of oriented strand board. Mr. Davis has also held CFO positions with Johnson Electric Holdings Ltd., a publicly traded global small motor manufacturer and various Senior Vice President and CFO positions within The Coca-Cola Company in Canada as well as the Asian-Pacific market.

Tony Tavares joined SunOpta Inc. in June 2008 as Vice President and Chief Operating Officer. Mr. Tavares brings over 20 years of food industry experience to this role with a focus on increasing organizational profitability in changing environments through a combination of innovative marketing, lean manufacturing and strong organizational development. Prior to joining SunOpta, Mr. Tavares was Chief Executive Officer of Maple Lodge Farms Inc., and has also held a number of senior positions in the Canadian food industry including President of Maple Leaf Poultry, a division of Maple Leaf Foods and President of Tyson Canada.

Mr. Chhiba is a lawyer who joined SunOpta Inc. in January 2004 as Vice President and General Counsel. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Chhiba spent 15 years, primarily in the information technology industry, in identical positions, including Corporate Secretary, with public and private companies, notably MFP Technology Services Ltd. and Sidus Systems Inc. Mr. Chhiba has not served on any reporting issuer's Board of Directors.

Brian Metler joined SunOpta Inc. in July 2008 as Vice President, Risk Management and Internal Audit. Mr. Metler has a Masters Business degree and over 20 years of corporate governance, operations and banking experience. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Metler spent 5 years with Bell Canada in various senior leadership roles including audit and risk management, financial planning/reporting and accounts receivables/bad debts management. Mr. Metler also enjoyed 17 years with the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, the last 5 years in senior risk management roles including operational risk coverage of USA and European operations. Considered an expert in operational risk management and quantification, Mr. Metler has spoken at several international risk conferences.

Frank Syer joined SunOpta Inc. in March 2007 as Vice President, Human Resources & Organization Development. Mr. Syer has a Masters in Industrial Relations and over 20 years of international experience in human resources, organization development, labour relations and compensation and benefits. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Syer spent over 7 years at Vincor International Inc. most recently in the position of Executive Vice President Human Resources & Organization Development. He has also held human resource leadership roles at Natrel, Canada Bread and Mars Inc. In the past 5 years, Mr. Syer has not served on any reporting issuers Board of Directors.

Mr. Jensen started with SunOpta as Corporate IT Director in August 2004 and was promoted to SunOpta, Vice President of IT in October of 2008. Mr. Jensen is a PMP (Project Management Professional) with over 20 years of IT leadership experience including ERP implementation, application development and support, web services, and infrastructure management. Prior to joining the company, Mr. Jensen spent over 9 years NCS Pearson in various senior leadership roles and has also held IT leadership roles at Burlington Northern Railroad.

Roger Eacock joined SunOpta in March 2006 as the Vice President, Global Supply Chain and brings over 20 years of global supply chain management, process engineering, business development, logistics, operations, and systems development. Prior to joining SunOpta, Roger has held numerous senior leadership roles in supply chain, process engineering, and systems at Dell Computer, Levi Strauss, and Canadian Pacific. He holds degrees in Business and Sociology from the University of Windsor, and is a certified Six-Sigma Black Belt. Roger is regularly sought out as a keynote and content expert speaker at numerous trade conferences and Canadian universities on subjects relating to business ethics and global sourcing, supply chain trends and technologies, lean manufacturing, and e-commerce.

Jeremy Kendall has served as a Director of SunOpta Inc. since September 1978. In June 1983, he was elected Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of SunOpta. He is Chairman of the Board of all of the Company's subsidiaries except 1108176 Ontario Limited. He is also Chairman of Jemtec Inc. (6/91 to present) and Easton Minerals Ltd. (1/95 to present). In the past 5 years, Mr. Kendall has served on the following Boards of Directors: BI Inc. (9/81 to 11/00), and Wisper Inc. (6/95 to 3/02). In July 2004, Mr. Kendall was elected Chairman of the Board of Opta Minerals, which is approximately 70% owned by the Company. He is also a Director of a number of private and charitable organizations.

Steven H. Townsend is a Managing Partner of Northeast Development Company, LLC and Townsend Development Associates, LLC and a member of the Board of Directors of SunOpta, Inc. (NASDAQ: STKL). Mr. Townsend has served in various executive positions, including from 2001 to 2005 as Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer, with United Natural Foods, Inc. (NASDAQ: UNFI), a distributor of natural and organic food and related products located in Dayville, Connecticut. Age 54. Director since 2003.

Cyril Ing is a retired Professional Engineer and was elected a Director in January 1984 and became an employee in August 1985. Mr. Ing currently serves on the Corporate Governance Committee and the Compensation Committee. He was an independent consultant specializing in engineering projects involving the combustion of biomass from May of 1982 to August 1985. In the past 5 years, Mr. Ing has served on the following Boards of Directors: Jemtec Inc. (11/99 to present) and Easton Minerals Ltd. (11/99 to present).

Mr. Kruse is a CMA (Chartered Management Accountant) and started with Opta Minerals as Financial Manager in November 1997. He was later appointed to Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Opta Minerals. In December 2002, David was promoted to President and Chief Executive Officer of the Environmental Industrial Group (Opta Minerals) and its group of companies in Canada and the U.S.

Douglas Greene was elected a Director of the Company in September 2008. Mr. Greene has over 30 years of experience in the natural and organic foods industry. Mr. Greene founded New Hope Natural Media, a business to business media group in the natural foods industry, and ran this company for twenty years before selling it to Penton Media in 1999. From 1999 to 2005, Mr. Greene was a board member of Penton Media which was listed on the NYSE and NASDAQ, and served on its Executive, Compensation and Audit Committees. From 1994 to 2005 Mr. Green was Chairman of Virtrina Group of Moscow, publishers and event producers for the grocery, restaurant and wine industries. Mr. Greene is a Board member of Next Foods.

On November 25, 2008, Mr. Jay Amato was appointed to the Board of Directors. Mr. Amato has a strong business and information technology background and has served as an executive at a number of media and information technology businesses. Also on November 25, 2008 Mr. Robert Fetherstonaugh resigned from the Board due to personal commitments.

Katrina Houde was elected to the Board of Directors in December 2000 and also serves as a member of the Audit Committee. Ms. Houde has been an independent consultant since March 2000. From January 1999 to March 2000, Ms. Houde was President of Cuddy Food Products, a division of Cuddy International Corp. and was Chief Operating Officer of Cuddy International Corp. from January 1996 to January 1999. In the past 5 years, Ms. Houde has not served on any other reporting issuers Board of Directors.

Katrina Houde was elected to the Board of Directors in December 2000 and also serves as a member of the Audit Committee. Ms. Houde has been an independent consultant since March 2000. From January 1999 to March 2000, Ms. Houde was President of Cuddy Food Products, a division of Cuddy International Corp. and was Chief Operating Officer of Cuddy International Corp. from January 1996 to January 1999. In the past 5 years, Ms. Houde has not served on any other reporting issuers Board of Directors.

Stephen Bronfman was elected to the Board of Director in October 2001. Mr. Bronfman is Chairman of Claridge Inc., a privately held company with worldwide interests in real estate, entertainment and food production. Mr. Bronfman sits on the Board of Directors of SunOpta Inc., the David Suzuki Foundation, the Canadian Council for Israel and Jewish Advocacy and the Summit School Foundation. He is the President of the Stephen R. Bronfman Foundation and the Samuel and Saidye Bronfman Family Foundation. His involvement in both business and philanthropic endeavors is extensive in both North America and Israel.