Dr Garner is an experienced life sciences executive who has previously worked with companies ranging from small biotechs to multinational pharmaceutical companies such as Biogen and Takeda. His career has focused on regional and global development of new medicines from preclinical to commercialisation.
Dr Garner is a physician by training and holds an MBA from the University of Queensland. He began his career in hospital medicine and worked for a number of years as a corporate strategy consultant with Bain & Company before entering the pharmaceutical industry. Prior to joining Kazia Therapeutics in 2016, he led R&D strategy for Sanofi in Asia-Pacific and was based in Singapore. Dr Garner is a member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.
Dr John Friend is a highly experienced oncology and haematology drug developer, driven by a passion for improving the lives of cancer patients. In a career spanning more than 25 years, Dr Friend has worked across a wide range of therapeutic areas in roles from early clinical research through to medical affairs. He was formerly the Senior Vice President of Medical and Scientific Affairs for the US business unit of Helsinn Therapeutics and most recently the Chief Medical Officer at Cellectar Biosciences, a clinical-stage, oncology-focused biotech company in the US.
Dr Friend gained his medical degree at Rutgers University (UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson) and he also holds a BA in chemistry from Southern Methodist University.
Ms Karen Krumeich has more than thirty years of experience in corporate finance, focused almost entirely on the life sciences sector. She has been responsible for driving the growth of numerous private and public biotech companies. For most of the last twenty years, Ms Krumeich served as Chief Financial Officer to growth-stage biotech companies, both public and private, including Soligenix, Inc, and Theravectys, Inc.
In addition to her accounting qualifications, Ms Krumeich is a qualified pharmacist.
Ms Anna Sandham has more than 25 years’ experience as a company secretary and governance professional, working with ASX listed and privately owned companies.
Anna is employed by Company Matters Pty Ltd (part of the Link Group). Prior to joining Company Matters in 2012, Anna was a Company Secretary at AMP Financial Services and prior to that was Company Secretary at Westpac Banking Corporation where she also led the secretariat function for the BT Financial Group. Anna has also held company secretarial roles within the private and public sectors, including NRMA Limited.
Anna holds a Bachelor of Economics (University of Sydney) and a Graduate Diploma of Applied Corporate Governance (Governance Institute of Australia). She is a Chartered Governance Professional, a Fellow of the Governance Institute of Australia and a member of its Legislative Review Committee.
