MICHAEL MOORE DSc (Hons) PhD (Chairman)

Dr Moore has extensive experience in drug discovery and development and is currently a non-executive director of several private and public bioscience companies, including Mission Therapeutics, of which he was Founder Chairman, NASDAQ-listed Trillium Therapeutics Inc. and Mironid Limited.  He is currently Chairman of Chronos Therapeutics and was Founder Chairman of PsiOxus Therapeutics.  Dr Moore was previously CEO of Piramed, acquired by Roche in 2008, and Research Director and CSO of Xenova Group plc. Prior to joining the UK biotechnology sector, he had an extensive academic research career, principally at the Paterson Institute for Cancer Research and the University of Manchester Medical School, where he was Honorary Reader in immunology and oncology.  Dr Moore holds PhD and DSc degrees from the University of Nottingham, fellowship of the Royal College of Pathologists and is a past Chairman of Cancer Research UK’s drug discovery committee.

MARK KRUL (Non-Executive Director)

Mark has been involved in therapeutic drug development since 1993 and has a background in molecular biology and immunology. Before founding Aglaia BioMedical Ventures in 2003 he was Program Director of the NDDO Research Foundation. He held several positions at NDDO Oncology BV (formerly the EORTC New Drug Development Office) with respect to oncology drug development strategies (1997-2002). From 1993 till 1997 Mark has been Research Manager of the European Cancer Center and headed the Department of Molecular Virology at the National Institute of Public Health and Environmental Protection from 1989 till 1993.

CHERYL ZIMBERLIN PhD

Cheryl Zimberlin, PhD, is part of M Ventures, the corporate Venture Capital arm of Merck KgAA. M Ventures takes an active role in company creation and investment, with the mandate to invest in innovative technologies and products with the potential to significantly impact Merck‘s core businesses. Prior to joining the team she had a successful academic career at top-tier Universities, with a good track record publishing in top-tier academic journals, including Nature. She holds a PhD in Oncology and MSc in Biotechnology. Currently she holds board positions in several M Ventures portfolio companies.