The Board of Directors
Dr Stewart Washer, Executive Chairman
Dr Ross Macdonald, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer
Dr John Chiplin, Non-Executive Director (Appointed on 18 November 2014)
Dr Paul K Wotton, Non-Executive Director (Appointed on 9 June 2016)
Mr Peter Webse, Non-Executive Director/Company Secretary
Senior Management Team
Dr Stewart Washer, Executive Chairman
Dr Ross Macdonald, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer
Dr Kilian Kelly, Vice President, Product Development
Scientific Advisors
Professor Igor Slukvin
The Board of Directors
Dr Stewart Washer, Executive Chairman
| Stewart has 20 years of CEO and Board experience in medical technology, biotech and agrifood companies. He is currently the Chairman of Orthocell Ltd, who culture tendon cells to repair damaged tendons, Chairman of Cynata Therapeutics Ltd (ASX:CYP) who are developing stem cell therapies and Chairman of Minomic International Ltd who have an accurate non-invasive test for prostate cancer.
Stewart was previously the CEO of Calzada Ltd (ASX:CZD), the founding CEO of Phylogica Ltd (ASX:PYC) and before this, he was CEO of Celentis and managed the commercialisation of intellectual property from AgResearch in New Zealand with 650 Scientists and $130m revenues. He was also a founder of a NZ$120m New Zealand based life science fund and Venture Partner with the Swiss based Inventages Nestle Fund. He is currently Investment Director with Bioscience Managers. Stewart has held a number of Board positions in the past as the Chairman of iSonea Ltd (ASX:ISN), Resonance Health Ltd (ASX:RHT) and Hatchtech Pty Ltd, a Director of iCeutica Pty Ltd, Immuron Ltd (ASX:IMC) and AusBiotech Ltd. He was also a Senator with Murdoch University and is currently the Chairman of Firefly Health. |
Dr Ross Macdonald, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer
| Dr Macdonald has over 20 years' experience and a track record of success in pharmaceutical and biotechnology businesses. His career history includes positions as Chief Executive Officer of Hatchtech Pty Ltd, Vice President of Business Development for Sinclair Pharmaceuticals Ltd, a UK-based specialty pharmaceuticals company, Vice President of Business Development for Connetics Corporation (Palo Alto, CA), and Vice President, Corporate Development for Stiefel Laboratories Inc, the largest independent dermatology company in the world and acquired by Glaxo Smith Kline in 2009 for £2.25b. Dr Macdonald has also served as Vice President of Research and Development of F H Faulding & Co Ltd and CEO of Living Cell Technologies Ltd. His other positions have included non-executive director roles at iSonea Ltd, Telesso Technologies Ltd, Hatchtech Pty Ltd and Relevare Pharmaceuticals Ltd. Dr Macdonald currently serves as a member of the Investment Committee of UniSeed Management Pty Ltd. Dr Macdonald holds a PhD in Biochemistry, Monash University, a Graduate Diploma in Business Administration, Swinburne University, and he is a member of the Licensing Executives Society. |
Dr John Chiplin, Non-Executive Director
| Dr Chiplin has significant international experience in the life science and technology industries, from both an operational and investment perspective. Recent transactions that Dr Chiplin has been involved in include US stem cell company Medistem (acquired by Intrexon), Arana (acquired by Cephalon), and Domantis (acquired by GlaxoSmithKline). Prior to his role at Arana, Dr Chiplin was head of the $300M ITI Life Sciences investment fund in the UK and his own investment vehicle, Newstar Ventures Ltd, has funded more than a dozen early stage companies in the past ten years. Dr Chiplin is a Director of Benitec Biopharma (ASX: BLT) and also serves on the boards of Adalta Pty Ltd and ScienceMedia, Inc. His Pharmacy and Doctoral degrees are from the University of Nottingham, UK. |
Dr Paul K Wotton, Non-Executive Director (Appointed on 9 June 2016)
| Dr. Wotton joined Cynata's Board of Directors in June, 2016.
He was previously President and CEO of Ocata Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: OCAT) joining the company in July 2014 and managing it through a take-over by Atellas Pharma, Inc., in a US$379 million all cash transaction. Prior to Ocata, Dr. Wotton had served as President and CEO of Antares Pharma Inc. (NASDAQ: ATRS), since October, 2008. Prior to joining Antares, Dr. Wotton was the CEO of Topigen Pharmaceuticals and prior to Topigen, he was the Global Head of Business Development of SkyePharma PLC. Earlier in his career he held senior level positions at Eurand International BV, Penwest Pharmaceuticals, Abbott Laboratories and Merck, Sharp and Dohme. Dr. Wotton is a member of the board of Vericel Corporation, a US company developing autologous cellular therapies and also past Chairman of the Emerging Companies Advisory Board of BIOTEC Canada. Dr. Wotton received his Ph.D. in pharmaceutical sciences from the University of Nottingham and an MBA from Kingston Business School. In 2014 he was named New Jersey EY Entrepreneur of the Year in Life Sciences. |
Mr Peter Webse, Non-Executive Director/Company Secretary
| Mr Webse has over 23 years' company secretarial experience. He is the Managing Director of Platinum Corporate Secretariat Pty Ltd, a company specialising in providing company secretarial, corporate governance and corporate advisory services. |
Senior Management Team
Dr Stewart Washer, Executive Chairman
| Stewart has 20 years of CEO and Board experience in medical technology, biotech and agrifood companies. He is currently the Chairman of Orthocell Ltd, who culture tendon cells to repair damaged tendons, Chairman of Cynata Therapeutics Ltd (ASX:CYP) who are developing stem cell therapies and Chairman of Minomic International Ltd who have an accurate non-invasive test for prostate cancer.
Stewart was previously the CEO of Calzada Ltd (ASX:CZD), the founding CEO of Phylogica Ltd (ASX:PYC) and before this, he was CEO of Celentis and managed the commercialisation of intellectual property from AgResearch in New Zealand with 650 Scientists and $130m revenues. He was also a founder of a NZ$120m New Zealand based life science fund and Venture Partner with the Swiss based Inventages Nestle Fund. He is currently Investment Director with Bioscience Managers. Stewart has held a number of Board positions in the past as the Chairman of iSonea Ltd (ASX:ISN), Resonance Health Ltd (ASX:RHT) and Hatchtech Pty Ltd, a Director of iCeutica Pty Ltd, Immuron Ltd (ASX:IMC) and AusBiotech Ltd. He was also a Senator with Murdoch University and is currently the Chairman of Firefly Health. |
Dr Ross Macdonald, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer
| Dr Macdonald has over 20 years' experience and a track record of success in pharmaceutical and biotechnology businesses. His career history includes positions as Chief Executive Officer of Hatchtech Pty Ltd, Vice President of Business Development for Sinclair Pharmaceuticals Ltd, a UK-based specialty pharmaceuticals company, Vice President of Business Development for Connetics Corporation (Palo Alto, CA), and Vice President, Corporate Development for Stiefel Laboratories Inc, the largest independent dermatology company in the world and acquired by Glaxo Smith Kline in 2009 for £2.25b. Dr Macdonald has also served as Vice President of Research and Development of F H Faulding & Co Ltd and CEO of Living Cell Technologies Ltd. His other positions have included non-executive director roles at iSonea Ltd, Telesso Technologies Ltd, Hatchtech Pty Ltd and Relevare Pharmaceuticals Ltd. Dr Macdonald currently serves as a member of the Investment Committee of UniSeed Management Pty Ltd. Dr Macdonald holds a PhD in Biochemistry, Monash University, a Graduate Diploma in Business Administration, Swinburne University, and he is a member of the Licensing Executives Society. |
Dr Kilian Kelly, Vice President, Product Development
| Dr Kilian Kelly has approximately 15 years' experience in pharmaceutical/biotechnology research and development, in both commercial and academic settings. His previous appointments include Senior Director, Drug Development at Biota Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: BOTA), Vice President, Regulatory and Clinical at Mesoblast Limited (ASX:MSB), and various regulatory affairs and project management positions with Kendle International (now INC Research), Amgen (NASDAQ: AMGN) and Astrazeneca (LSE: AZN). Dr Kelly holds a Masters in Pharmacy from Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen and a PhD in Pharmaceutical Sciences from Strathclyde University, Glasgow. He is a registered pharmacist and a member of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society, The Organisation for Professionals in Regulatory Affairs (TOPRA) and the Regulatory Affairs Professionals Society (RAPS). |
Scientific Advisors
Cynata engages scientific advisors to provide advice and guidance on the Company's research and development programs. Cynata seeks advice regularly from one of the Company's founders, Professor Igor Slukvin. Additionally, Cynata has strong connections with numerous globally recognised experts and key opinion leaders in the fields of cell biology, regenerative medicine and biopharmaceutical development. Relevant experts are called upon to provide advice on an ad hoc basis, depending on the nature of the issues to be discussed.
Professor Igor Slukvin
| Igor Slukvin is Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, School of Medicine and Public Health. His research program focuses on development of hematopoietic, vascular and mesenchymal lineages from human pluripotent stem cells. His work identified several novel progenitors for blood, endothelial and mesenchymal stem cells, including mesenchymoangioblasts (MCAs), a common precursor for endothelial and mesenchymal stem cells. Professor Slukvin received his MD and PhD from Kiev Medical University, Ukraine, and completed postdoctoral and medical residency training at the University of Wisconsin. He has published over 70 peer reviewed research papers and serves on several editorial boards. Professor Slukvin holds key patents in the area of haematovascular cell production from human pluripotent stem cells, several of which form the core of the Company's intellectual property portfolio, and is a co-founder of Cynata and also of Cellular Dynamics International, previously listed on Nasdaq but acquired by FUJIFILM in 2015 for US$307m. |
updated 21st September, 2016
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