Careers

Myopharm Limited is rapidly growing and we are actively seeking talent who are passionately committed to diabetes research and commercialisation.

If you believe this is you, please send an email to info@myopharm.com

Myopharm

Myopharm Limited
Levels 1, 2 & 3 60 Martin Place
Sydney New South Wales 2000

Our Company

Overview

Investor Welcome

News & Media

Store

Subscribe to our email alerts

Karinza Phoenix MBA GAICD

Executive Chair & Founding CEO

24 years of experience in pharmaceutical, veterinary and capital markets sectors. Including operational and marketing roles at Pfizer, Novartis and Zoetis.

A successful track record of product development, registration and marketing launches, including commercialisation of numerous market leading blockbuster medicines.

Completed the Pfizer Inc, one-year internal leadership program in 2012.

Ms Phoenix has served on the Myopharm Board of Directors for 4 years and has invested in almost all capital raises to date, while focussing on expanding Myopharm’s clinical and commercial initiatives.

Milton Grannatt PhD

Founding Non – Executive Director

35 years in global pharmaceuticals.

Previously Vice President of Finance, Sterling Winthrop and Vice President of Global Business Development and Licensing at Novartis.

Previously a Non-Executive Director at SymBio Pharmaceuticals Limited.

Advisor to a number of biotechnology start-ups.

Tsutomu (Tom) Abe LLB

Non–Executive Director

Mr Abe has over 30 years extensive international experience as General Counsel to Japanese global corporations and in the global pharmaceuticals industry as business development, licensing and alliance management.

Previously General Counsel at Fast Retailing Co., Ltd and Kokuyo Co., Ltd and Corporate officer in charge of Global Business Development and Global Alliance Management at SymBio Pharmaceuticals Limited.

Currently COO at TAK-Circulator Corporation, CLO at nonpi Inc and CEO at Askleon Co. Ltd. Mr Abe holds a Bachelor of Law from Keio University.

Dr George Tachas PhD Dip IP Law

Chief Scientific Officer

George brings 26 years of research, development and commercialization experience having being involved in early stage in licensing, generating IP and out licensing two clinic stage assets. With strong applied immunology skills in biomedical science as an inventor of over 110 granted patents and 10 academic publications in the last decade including three in clinical trials in autoimmune disease and endocrinology, his skills have generated successful preclinical animal data in a dozen animal models generating IP. His career highlights include setting up an early-stage biotech company in Australia and leadership roles as Principal Scientist at ASX-listed Percheron Therapeutics and previously Director of drug discovery and patents at Antisense Therapeutics Ltd.

Tamara Miller BSc PMP CPPM DipBus

Tamara has had a successful career in clinical research spanning 22 years.

Coupled with a Biomedical Science degree, Tamara holds project management certification, and she has worked in diverse roles in medical research, project and program management, product development, and strategic operations management across pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies and CROs.

Tamara has lived and worked in the US and the UK whilst holding leadership positions in start-up Biotechs, and her most recent role in this space was as Snr VP of Product Development at Actinogen Medical.

Tamara has broad experience in drug development including pre-clinical and clinical operations, global regulatory affairs, chemistry manufacturing & control (CMC), data management and biostatistics, pharmacovigilance, and medical writing.

Head of Clinical Development

Advait Padhye BSc MBiomedSc

Research Associate

An accomplished biomedical scientist with 4+ years of experience in preclinical and clinical research, specializing in drug discovery, biomarker analysis, and translational medicine. With a Master’s degree in Biomedical Science from the University of Melbourne and a strong interest in neuropharmacology and regenerative medicine and committed to advancing innovative therapeutic solutions and improving health outcomes through cutting-edge science. My expertise includes experimental design, data analysis, and experimental techniques such as immunohistochemical staining, fluorescence microscopy, and tissue processing.

Steven Jackson BEc CPA

Chief Financial Officer

Steven Jackson has over 15 years of experience in accounting and corporate governance roles across both listed and unlisted companies. He is a member of CPA Australia and has served as CFO for several ASX-listed companies, gaining extensive expertise across a diverse range of industries.

Mr Jackson is a member of CPA Australia who graduated from the University of Western Australia in 2008 with a Bachelor of Economics. Majored in International Business Economics and Money and Banking.

ARKAY Therapeutics LLC

Scientific Advisory Board

ARKAY Therapeutics LLC are a group of globally renowned Professors, Scientists, Practising and Academic Endocrinologists and Regulatory Affairs specialists with extensive clinical trial experience in both big pharmaceutical and private companies. ARKAY’s team are based across the United States of America.

Prof David Church BVSc PhD MACVSc FHEA MRCVS

Scientific Advisory Board

David graduated from The University of Sydney, after graduation he was appointed as a clinical instructor at The University of Sydney and completed PhD programme in the Faculty of Medicine looking at various aspects of the pathophysiology of diabetes mellitus.

Later appointed as a member of faculty in small animal medicine at The University of Sydney rising to become Hospital Director of The University Veterinary Centre.

In 2001 David was appointed Chair of Small Animal Studies at the Royal Veterinary College and head of the newly formed Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences. The department grew to be one of the largest and successful clinical departments in the world with substantial research grant funding. David maintains an interest in endocrinology. His current research interests include insulin resistance states in diabetes mellitus and the use of ‘big data’ from general practice for managing animal health and welfare.

David is the author of over 150 scientific articles, numerous book chapters, is editor of the highly successful textbook Small Animal Clinical Pharmacology.