Mr. Richard K. Bear, CPA serves as Chief Financial Officer of CRH Anesthesia Management, LLC. Mr. Bear has been the Chief Financial Officer at CRH Medical Corporation (formerly Medsurge Medical Products Corp.) since March 24, 2006 and also its corporate secretary since January 13, 2011. Mr. Bear served as the Chief Financial Officer at ID Biomedical Corporation from June 2002 to March 2006 and also served as its Principal Financial Officer and Vice President of Finance & Administration. He played a major role in ID Biomedical's financings, acquisitions and the sale of ID Biomedical to GlaxoSmithKline. Mr. Bear was also directly responsible for internal and external financial reporting, information technologies, treasury management, risk management and all related infrastructure and internal controls. Mr. Bear served as Vice President and General Manager of the interactive division of XO Communications, Inc. from September 1995 to May 2002, where he also held the position of Vice President of Finance. Before XO Communications, Mr. Bear was Director of Finance for AT&T Wireless Communication. He served as a Director of Response Biomedical Corp. from March 30, 2006 to June 22, 2011. Mr. Bear received his BA in Business Administration from the University of Washington and is a Certified Public Accountant.