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Dr Robin Congreve, LLM, PhD (Chairman)
Dr Congreve was for many years a partner in Russell McVeagh specialising in taxation and business law. He was subsequently on the Boards of or chaired a number of public and private companies including NZ Railways Corporation, BNZ, Comalco NZ Limited, Lion Nathan Limited and TruTest Limited. He is a principal of Oceania & Eastern Group, a New Zealand private equity group which has provided private equity funding to both Neuren's predecessor companies, NeuronZ and EndocrinZ. Dr Congreve was founding Chairman of the Auckland Medical School Foundation which led to the formation of NeuronZ within the University of Auckland and subsequently to the introduction of private equity into that company and EndocrinZ.
Dr Trevor Scott, MNZM, LLD (Hon), BCom, FCA, FNZIM, DF Inst D (Non-Executive Director)
Dr Scott is founder of T.D. Scott and Co., an accountancy and consulting firm, which he formed in 1988. He is an experienced advisor to companies across a variety of industries. Dr Scott serves on numerous corporate boards and is chairman of several, including Mercy Hospital Dunedin Limited and Arthur Barnett Limited. He is also a director of ING Property Trust Limited which is listed on the New Zealand Stock Exchange.
Dr Graeme Howie, BSc (Hons), PhD (Non-Executive Director)
Dr Howie has over 27 years of management experience in the international pharmaceutical industry with a strong and diverse background in research and development, product development, manufacturing and commercial fields. His most recent experience is in recombinant biotech product development and was until December 2004 a senior executive at Pfizer Inc., based in New York. Dr Howie has extensive international experience in technical and commercial due diligence activities, including in-licensing. He also led and was responsible for new delivery route feasibility studies on human growth hormone and has been responsible for the development and registration of various products throughout the USA, Europe, Australia and Asia.
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Dr Douglas Wilson, MB, ChB, PhD (Director and Chief Medical Officer)
Dr Wilson was originally a medical academic with postgraduate experience in Auckland, London, Oxford and Walter and Eliza Hall Institute, Melbourne. He then spent many years in the international pharmaceutical industry, firstly as Senior Vice-President for Boehringer Ingelheim USA. Dr Wilson was responsible for all drugs and clinical development and all interactions with the FDA. He then carried these responsibilities worldwide at Boehringer Ingelheim Head Office in Germany. He has overseen multiple drugs at all phases of development including bringing many drugs successfully to the market in the USA. Dr Wilson is now a consultant to the biotechnology sector.
Dr John Holaday, PhD (Non-Executive Director)
Dr Holaday has 40 years of experience as a scientist, executive manager of biotechnology and biopharmaceutical companies, and banker. He is currently CEO of QRxPharma, a listed specialty pharmaceutical company specializing in pain and CNS diseases. Dr Holaday, a veteran life-science entrepreneur, has built five public and private biopharmaceutical companies over the past 21 years and raised more than US$450 million in capital. Dr Holaday founded EntreMed in 1992 and served as its Chairman, President and CEO until his retirement in 2003 and was the co-founder, director, Scientific Director and SVP of Medicis Pharmaceutical Corporation. He was the founder and Chief of the Neuropharmacology Branch at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research for 21 years. Dr Holaday has received numerous honors and awards, including induction into Ernst and Young’s Entrepreneur of the Year 2006 Hall of Fame. He holds over 60 U.S. and foreign patents, has published more than 200 scientific articles and reviews, and edited five books.
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