MANAGEMENT TEAM JON PILCHER Chief Executive Officer/Managing Director BSc (Hons), FCA Jon joined Neuren in 2013 as CFO and was appointed CEO in May 2020. He has played a central role in all aspects of Neuren’s R&D, commercial and corporate activities. Before joining Neuren he was a member of the leadership team at Acrux (ASX: ACR) throughout a period that included Acrux’s IPO and listing on the ASX, the development and FDA approval of three novel pharmaceutical products and a transforming licensing deal with Eli Lilly in 2010. He formerly spent seven years in a series of executive positions in the R&D and corporate functions of international pharmaceutical groups Medeva and Celltech, which are now part of UCB. Jon is a Chartered Accountant and holds a degree in Biotechnology from the University of Reading in the UK. He is a non-executive director of BTC Health Limited (ASX: BTC). LARRY GLASS Chief Science Officer BA (Biology) Larry joined Neuren in 2004 and was an Executive Director from 2012 to 2018. He directs Neuren’s scientific and nonclinical development, as well as playing a leading role in clinical and regulatory strategy. Larry has more than 30 years’ experience in the life sciences industry, including clinical trials, basic and applied research, epidemiologic studies, diagnostics and pharmaceutical product development. Before he joined Neuren, he worked as an independent consultant for a number of biotech companies in the US and internationally provided management, strategic and business development services. Prior to that, he was CEO of a contract research organisation that provided preclinical research and clinical trials support for major pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies and the US government. For a number of years, the CRO operated as a subsidiary of a NYSE-listed company and was subsequently sold to a European biopharmaceutical enterprise which was then acquired by Johnson & Johnson. Larry is a biologist with additional graduate training in epidemiology and biostatistics. LIZA SQUIRES, M.D. Chief Medical Officer Liza joined Neuren in 2022 and has medical oversight of Neuren’s development programs, as well as a leading role in clinical and regulatory strategy. Liza is a board certified physician in General Pediatrics and Neurology with Special Competence in Child Neurology. Over the past 20 years, she has held positions of increasing responsibilities in both early and late-stage drug development at Johnson and Johnson, Shire Pharmaceuticals, Lumos Pharma, Aevi Genomic Medicine and Origin Biosciences. She has led and contributed to multiple New Drug Applications resulting in global regulatory approvals and has extensive experience in orphan drug development. Liza received her B.S. from the University of Michigan and M.D. from Michigan State University. She trained in general pediatrics at Yale University and did her residency in Child Neurology at Massachusetts General Hospital. DR NANCY JONES Vice President, Clinical Development PhD Nancy joined Neuren in 2013. She leads the design and implementation of Neuren’s clinical studies in neurodevelopmental disorders. Prior to joining Neuren, Nancy held a senior position at Autism Speaks, the largest science and advocacy organization in the US focused on autism spectrum and related disorders. She was at Autism Speaks for 6 years, directing the overall operations of the Autism Treatment Network, a network of hospitals and medical centers dedicated to improving access to comprehensive, coordinated medical care for individuals with ASD. She also oversaw the Autism Clinical Trials Network, a network developed to promote and expedite clinical trials in ASD, and played a lead role in an initiative to enhance the development of syndrome-specific outcome measures for treatment trials in ASD. Nancy received her Ph.D. in Applied Linguistics from the University of California, Los Angeles where she focused on the neurobiology of language and developmental disorders. Neuren Pharmaceuticals Limited Annual Repor t 2022 18
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