PACIFIC EDGE - Key Persons
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- Director
- Co - Founder of Artemis Capital
Anatole is the co-founder of Artemis Capital, a private equity investment firm based in Auckland. He graduated from the University of Auckland with an MCom (Hons) in Finance and Economics. Following that he spent eight years with Air New Zealand (and later the merged entity with Ansett Australia) holding senior positions in Pricing, Revenue Management and Systems implementation. He holds directorships in numerous private companies and has significant knowledge of financial capital markets. As a long standing director of PEB and investor in numerous medical and tech companies, Anatole has an a detailed knowledge of the medical sector and future trends. In particular human sciences and disruptive technologies.
Anna has a successful track record in leading and driving transformational change within the Healthcare sector. She has significant Global business experience having held a variety of senior executive roles within Asia Pacific and Europe. Prior to stepping down from corporate life, Anna was the NZ General Manager of GlaxoSmthKline. She is now committed to growing businesses through best practice governance. Anna also Chair's Rua Bioscience and TAB NZ.
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- Director
- Emeritus Director and Distinguished Scientist, Director
Bryan is an internationally recognised cancer researcher and research administrator, with significant business experience. He has held a number of governance roles, including with a NASDAQ listed biotech company. Presently, he serves on boards of two Australian and one American privately held biotechnology companies. Bryan was Director and CEO of the Hudson Institute of Medical Research. He is currently Emeritus Director and Distinguished Scientist at the Hudson Institute in Melbourne. He has a BSc (Hons) and PhD in Microbiology from the University of Otago.
Chris joined the Board in 2016 and was appointed as Chairman in August 2016. A New Zealand citizen resident in Melbourne, Chris has held senior positions in both CEO and CFO roles with a number of large international companies and was a partner in Arthur Young, Chartered Accountants. Prior to retiring from full time corporate life, he was CFO of Fulton Hogan, a large NZ resources based civil contractor. Chris holds a BCom from Otago University, is a Chartered Accountant, a member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, is Chairman of Vinlink (Marlborough) Ltd and Mariposa Holdings Ltd and Director of Highlanders Rugby Club.
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- Professor and Chief of Urology
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- Oncologic Surgeon Scientist, Physician, Vice President for International Programs, Professor
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- Professor of Paediatrics, Consultant Paediatric Oncologist
Mark is an experienced corporate finance professional, with approximately 25 years of experience in the Australasian capital, corporate and financial markets. He was an Executive Director for Investment Banking at Goldman Sachs where he worked for nearly 20 years and has been involved in many large prominent New Zealand transactions including the IPOs of Meridian, Mighty River Power and Vector. Mark is a Director of a number of entities including being Chair of The Better Product Group Limited and a Director of Mariposa Holdings (a large charitable organisation). Mark has a Bachelor of Commerce and a Bachelor of Law degrees from the University of Auckland.
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- Director, Professor Computer Science
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- Professor, Chairman / Department of Urology, Kyoto School of Medicine / Japan
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- Associate Professor Urologist
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- Consultant Urologist, Head of Urology Department, Professor of Surgery / Tauranga Hospital
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- Chief Scientific Officer, Professor
P. Spence - Managing Director
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- Executive Associate Dean of Research
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- Professor and Chairman / Adjunct Professor
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- Director
- Co - Founder of Even Capital
Sarah is the co-founder of Even Capital, a Venture Capital fund 100% focused on investing in female entrepreneurs in New Zealand and Australia. Sarah brings 25+ years international corporate finance and capital markets experience to Pacific Edge after a professional career with PwC in NZ and HSBC Investment Bank in London. During her executive career, Sarah held a wide variety of roles including being involved in numerous M&A and capital market transactions, managing family office investment portfolios, and as a sell-side Equity Research Analyst. Sarah is Deputy Chair of National Provident Fund, a Director of NZ med-tech company, Orbis Diagnostics and Chair of Audit & Risk for Waiapu Anglican Trust Board. Sarah has a MA(Hons) in Economics from the University of Edinburgh and is a member of the New Zealand Institute of Directors and INFINZ.
Tony brings over 30 years experience in business and 22 years healthcare experience. Tony was CFO at medical device company Fisher & Paykel Healthcare from the time of separation from Fisher & Paykel Appliances in 2001 until retiring from full-time employment in 2018. Prior to Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Tony worked for PriceWaterhouse and Arnott's Biscuits in finance roles. Tony is also a board member of listed company Rua Bioscience and holds a number of directorships in private companies, all in MedTech. Tony holds a BCom from the University of Otago and is a Chartered Accountant and a member of the New Zealand Institute of Directors and INFINZ.