AFT Pharmaceuticals Ltd (ASX: AFP) Share Price and News

Mr Lane has more than 30 years' experience of leadership in the global pharmaceuticals industry with expertise across disciplines including finance, manufacturing, sales, marketing, and strategy. Most recently he was Global President of Abbott Laboratories Pharma Division where he led a multi billion-dollar operation that had 30 manufacturing plants, 12 Innovation and Development sites and 40,000 staff covering more than 100 countries. Before that he was Vice President of Takeda, Asia Pacific, where he managed the company's operations in 12 countries, which included three factories and 2,000 staff. He has also held senior roles with multi-national pharmaceutical companies Nycomed, DKSH, Novartis, and Sandoz. He is chair member of risk committee.

Mr Flacks has governance roles. David is also chair of the Suncorp New Zealand group of companies. He is a director of Todd Corporation, and a number of environmentally focused pro bono organisations. He is a former chair of the NZX Markets Disciplinary Tribunal and a former member of the Takeovers Panel. He is also a director of boutique corporate law firm Flacks & Wong. David was for many years a senior corporate partner at Bell Gully and was general counsel and company secretary of Carter Holt Harvey during the 1990s. He is member of risk committee.

Mr Wilson was a New Zealand physician and academic. He joined an International pharmaceutical company, Boehringer Ingelheim, working in their US subsidiary, becoming their Head of Medical Research and Regulatory Affairs, the interface with FDA, playing a role in steering 10 drugs through the FDA to the US and global markets. He moved to Head Office in Germany, being responsible for those same functions for worldwide drug development. He chaired the company's International Medical Committee overseeing the medical aspects of all drugs in development globally, and their Internal Labelling Committee for the drugs on the worldwide market. He was the medical parent of Spiriva, a drug for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), one of the global killers. The drug last year sold $5 billion. He now consults internationally on new drugs in development, and for pharmaceutical companies.

Ms Atkinson has been involved in all aspects of AFT's business since its establishment in 1997, including roles in sales, regulatory affairs, customer services and logistics. Marree's role as Chief of Staff sees her involved in the day-today running of AFT's head office including managing staffing requirements and special projects involving AFT's head and affiliate offices. Marree is a registered nurse previously practising at Waikato Hospital.

Mr Atkinson, before founding AFT, Hartley worked at Swiss multinational pharmaceutical company, Roche, for eight years where he held positions as Sales & Marketing Director, Medical Director, Product Manager and Medical Manager. Prior to that Hartley was a Drug Information Pharmacist and Researcher at the Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Christchurch Hospital. Hartley is the author of more than 30 scientific publications and his work has been published in the The New England Journal of Medicine.

Dr Witek served Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals for nearly 25 years where he held pharmacology and clinical research positions, including Director of Respiratory and Immunology Clinical Research leading to his roles as President and CEO of Boehringer Ingelheim's Canadian and Portuguese operations. He led the Global Operating Team for Spiriva serving as Co-Chair of the Global Alliance with Pfizer. Ted also was Chief Scientific Officer & Senior Vice President, Corporate Partnerships, at Innoviva (Formerly Theravance, Inc.). He also served on the Board of Directors of Canada's Research Based Pharmaceutical Companies (Rx&D) including Chair of the Health Technology Assessment and Public Relations Committee. He was appointed to the Ontario Health Innovation Council, an advisor to the Design for Health Program at OCAD University. He is currently a Professor & Senior Fellow at the University of Toronto's School of Public Health & Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy. He serves as Director of the DrPH program. Ted is the author of more than 100 scientific papers as well as several chapters and books.

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