Board of Directors
Competencies and experience to deliver on the opportunity
Ananth Siva
Non Executive Chair (BS, MBA)
- CEO, Movius
- Co-founder Infensa Bioscience
- Previously MD at 247.AI and VP at Trimble Navigation
- Has worked across early to late stage start-ups and a Fortune 100 corporation
Prof. Bob Graham, AO
MBBS, MD, FRACP, FAA
- Co-founder, Infensa Bioscience.
- Executive Director of Victor
- Chang Cardiac Research Institute for 26 years.
- 40 years experience in clinical cardiovascular research.
Dr Jane Andrews
PhD, GradDipAppFin
- CEO, Magic Pudding
- Non-Executive Director, TechnologyOne;
- Member, Brisbane Angels.
- 15 years experience in biotech sector;
- 3 years VC experience.
Glenn Kerhof
BCom, MBA
- Chair, George Clinical.
- Previously CEO, Chiltern Int. and VP Global Operations, Charles River Labs.
- 20 years experience in pharmaceutical services sector.
Alan Robertson
BSc, PhD
- CEO & MD, Alsonex.
- Previously CEO & MD of Pharmaxis (14 years) & Promics (now part of Teva).
- More than 25 years experience in the pharmaceutical sector.
Our Team
Industry-leading domain expertise
Prof. Glenn King
Chair Person (BSc, PhD, FAAM)
- Co-founder, Infensa Bioscience.
- Sole founder and inaugural CSO, Vestaron Corporation.
- Group Leader, Institute for Molecular Bioscience.
- Inventor on 12 patents.
- Serves on SAB of three biotech companies.
Dr Nathan Palpant
BA, PhD
- Co-founder, Infensa Bioscience.
- Developed novel human stem cell platform for modelling cardiovascular disease.
- Leader of Stem Cells and Cardiovascular Development Laboratory at Institute for Molecular Bioscience.
Mark Smythe
Chief Executive Officer
- Business founder Infensa.
- Previously Founder, CEO, CSO, VP of Protagonist Therapeutics.
- Total of 7 drug candidates in human clinical trials.
- 30 years’ experience in biotech sector.
Louisa Carey
Chief Operating Officer and Company Secretary
- Previously COO and Company Secretary at Lowy Institute, Cancer Council and Prime Partners.
- Solicitor with experience across private, government and NFP sectors.
- Young Australian Lawyer of the Year 2009.
Han Chiu
Biologist