Board of Directors

Dr Michael Panaccio
BSc (Hons), MBA, PhD, FAICD

Chairman

Investment Principal with Starfish Ventures, a leading investor in early stage technology companies

Director of AVCAL, ANU Enterprises Pty Ltd, Neuprotect Pty Ltd, Engana Pty Ltd. and Impedimed Ltd.

Former Director of numerous technology businesses in Australia and the USA including SIRTex Medical 

  Ltd, Technico Pty Ltd, EOS Pty Ltd and Colloidal Dynamics Group Inc.

Former Investment Manager with Nomura/JAFCO Investment (Asia) Limited, a Singapore based VC firm

Dr Nick Samaras
BSc (Hons), MBA, PhD, FAIM, FAICD

Chief Executive Officer

20 years experience in the global life sciences industry. Worked in senior roles with global life science

companies Applied Biosystems and Perkin Elmer

Chairman of Human Genetic Signatures, Director of The Australian Genomics Research Facility Ltd, NHMRC Research Committee member 2006-12, Adjunct Professor La Trobe University.

Founder and Director of consulting firm Australis Biosciences