Board of Directors

John Moore is an experienced executive with a diverse background in leadership roles across various industries. He currently serves on the boards of two private companies and three public companies. Recently, John became a Director of Phase Holographic, a company specializing in live cell imaging systems for life science researchers. Phase Holographic's stock is traded on the Swedish Spotlight market and will soon be listed on the OTCQB market in the USA.

John will transition from his role as Chairman of Cormetech to being a shareholder and Director. He remains the Chairman of Scientific Industries (SCNDOTCQB), a producer of laboratory instruments for the life sciences industry, and Trialogics, a clinical trial informatics business.

John's prior experience includes serving as CEO of Acorn Energy from 2006 to 2015. During his tenure, the CoaLogix business was acquired for US$11 million and later sold for US$101 million. Additionally, the Comverge business was listed in the US before being sold to Constellation Energy. In 2002, John was a Partner and CEO of Edson Moore Healthcare Ventures, where he oversaw the acquisition of a portfolio of sixteen drug delivery investments from Elan Pharmaceuticals for US$148 million.

John is a graduate of Rutgers University, US, and brings a wealth of experience and strategic insight to his current roles.

Christopher Cox is a Co-Founder and has been a Managing Partner of Population Health Partners since April 2020. Additionally, Chris is a retired Partner of Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP (New York) a position he held from January 2012. He remains a Senior Attorney of the firm.

Previously the Chairman of Cadwalader’s Corporate Department and a member of its Management Committee, Chris advised clients on a wide array of corporate and financial matters, including mergers and acquisitions and restructurings, spin-offs, joint ventures, IP monetisation’s and other complex financing transactions. From February 2016 to March 2019, Chris was seconded to The Medicines Company, a global biopharmaceutical company, where he served as Executive Vice President and Chief Corporate Development Officer and was responsible for business development and strategy. Before January 2012, Chris was a partner at Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP in New York.

Chris also serves as the Chief Executive Officer of Symphony Capital Holdings, LLC, a private investment holding company with interests in biotechnology, network security and entertainment.

Rüdiger Weseloh is an Executive Director of Business Development at EMD Serono, Inc, Rockland, MA, USA., where over a period of 18 years he has led more than 80 transactions for the health care division of its parent company Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany. Completed deals across the drug development value chain were in the fields of Oncology, Rheumatology, Neurodegenerative diseases, and Fertility. Before joining Merck KGaA, Rüdiger spent 5 years as a Biotech/Pharma Equity Analyst, at Gontard & Metallbank AG, Frankfurt, and Sal. Oppenheim, Cologne/Frankfurt, as well as 3 years as a Postdoc at the Max-Planck-Institute for Experimental Medicine in Goettingen. Rüdiger also served 5 years on the Supervisory Board of Cytotools AG, Freiburg, Germany.

Marcus Frampton currently serves as the Chief Investment Officer of the Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation (APFC), the US$80 billion sovereign wealth fund for the State of Alaska. Marcus manages the investment team at APFC and leads all investment decisions related to APFC’s investment portfolio within the guidelines established by APFC’s Board of Trustees. Before joining the APFC in 2012, Marcus held positions ranging from Investment Banking Analyst & Associate at Lehman Brothers (2002-2005), to private equity investing at PCG Capital Partners (2005- 2010), and acted as an executive of a private equity-backed portfolio company at LPL Financial (2010-2012).

Dr Dixon has a PhD in biomedical engineering from Monash University, an MBA from Swinburne University and professional engineering qualifications. Dr Dixon brings to the Board an extensive technical and entrepreneurial background in founding, building and running technology-based companies, in recognising the potential commercial value of early-stage drug development, and in understanding the challenges involved in drug development.

In 2011, Dr Dixon co-founded Cynata Inc, now a subsidiary of ASX-listed Cynata Therapeutics Ltd (ASX:CYP), a company progressing the commercialisation what has become the Cymerus stem cell therapy to treat various medical conditions including osteoarthritis, ARDS and critical limb ischemia. Also a founder and prior managing director of genetic medicines company Exopharm Ltd (ASX:EX1) in 2013.

Gisela is an international business leader with significant experience developing and launching new pharmaceutical products and delivering successful corporate strategies in highly competitive global markets. She is currently the CEO and Managing Director of Noxopharm Ltd (ASX:NOX).

Gisela has held senior positions with Amgen, Bayer, Siemens Medical Solutions and Merck/MSD generating successful commercial and scientific outcomes. She has strong global pharmaceutical industry networks and served as President, VicePresident and Treasurer of the Australian Pharmaceutical Physicians Association (APPA; now MAPA) for many years with serving until recently as Past-President. She is also the Australian delegate for the International Federation of Associations of Pharmaceutical Physicians (IFAPP), which connects the pharmaceutical industry globally.

Gisela holds various Board roles, as Executive Director of Noxopharm, and Nonexecutive Director of Nyrada Inc. and a not-for-profit sports organization. Recently, she was appointed as Chair of the Biotechnology Committee of BIO NSW, a Notfor-Profit body to promote Life Sciences across NSW and to serve on a Policy Taskforce of AusBiotech Ltd.