Nyrada

Board of Directors

John Moore

John Moore

Non-Executive Chair

John currently serves as Chairman of Trialogics, a clinical trial informatics business, Chairman of Scientific Industries (SCND-OTCQB) a producer of laboratory instruments for the life sciences industry, and Chairman of Cormetech, Inc.

John was CEO of Acorn Energy from 2006 to 2015, during which time the CoaLogix business was acquired for US$11 million and sold for US$101 million, and the Comverge business listed in the US before its sale to Constellation Energy. In 2002 he was a Partner and CEO of Edson Moore Healthcare Ventures and acquired for US$148 million a portfolio of sixteen drug delivery investments from Elan Pharmaceuticals.

He is a graduate of Rutgers University, US.

Christopher Cox

Christopher Cox

Non-Executive Director

Christopher Cox is a Co-Founder and has been a Managing Partner of Population Health Partners since April 2020. He is also a Senior Vice President of Population Health Investment Co. Inc (Nasdaq: PHIC). 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 Cadwalader.

Previously the Chairman of Cadwalader’s Corporate Department and a member of its Management Committee, Chris advises 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. Prior to 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.

Chris received both his undergraduate degree and J.D. from the University of Missouri, where he was also a member of the Missouri Law Review.

Ruediger Weseloh

RĂ¼diger Weseloh Ph.D.

Non-Executive Director

Rüdiger Weseloh is a Senior Director of Business Development at Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, where over a period of 15 years he has led more than 80 transactions for its pharmaceutical division, completing deals across the drug development value chain in the fields of Oncology, Rheumatology, Neurodegenerative diseases, and Fertility. Before 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.

Dr. Weseloh has a university diploma in Biochemistry from the University of Hannover and a Ph.D. in Molecular Neurobiology, obtained at the Center for Molecular Neurobiology in Hamburg. Dr. Weseloh also served 5 years on the Supervisory Board of Cytotools AG, Freiburg, Germany.

Photograph © Eva Speith, Darmstadt - www.lichtbildatelier.de

Marcus Frampton

Marcus Frampton

Non-Executive Director

Marcus Frampton currently serves as the Chief Investment Officer of the Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation (APFC), the $77 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.

Prior to 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). In addition to his duties at the APFC, Marcus is also a shareholder and sits on the board of directors of Scientific Industries, Inc., a leading manufacturer of laboratory equipment and the owner of intellectual property related to bioprocessing systems. Marcus graduated from UCLA with a Bachelor’s degree in Business-Economics and a Minor in Accounting.

Ian Dixon

Ian Dixon

Non-Executive Director

Ian Dixon has a Ph.D. in biomedical engineering from Monash University, an MBA from Swinburne University and professional engineering qualifications. He is also a co-inventor of Nyrada’s patented drug NYX-330 to treat hypercholesterolemia and atherosclerosis.

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 director of genetic medicines company Exopharm Ltd (ASX-EX1) in 2013 and during the last three years Dr Dixon has served as a director of the following listed companies: Medigard Ltd (ASX-MGZ) and Noxopharm Ltd:(ASX-NOX).

 

Dr. Gisela Mautner

Non-Executive Director

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 Chief Executive Officer at Noxopharm Ltd (ASX:NOX) and has over thirty years' leadership experience in business, along with medical and scientific research.

Dr. Mautner has held senior positions with Amgen, Bayer, Siemens Medical Solutions and Merck/MSD generating successful commercial and scientific outcomes. She is currently the Past-President of the Australian Pharmaceutical Physicians Association (APPA), a Fellow of the Australasian College of Physician Executives and a Member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and the CEO Institute.

She holds an MD from the Technical University of Munich, a PhD from the Ludwig Maximilian University, an MPH from Harvard University and an MBA from Northwestern University Chicago.