Dr. Joe Wiley
CEO
Dr. Wiley founded Amryt and has over 20 years of experience in the pharmaceutical, medical and venture capital industries. Dr. Wiley opened and led the European office of Sofinnova Ventures Inc. He was previously a medical director at Astellas Pharma Limited where he liaised with the marketing team and was involved in the launch of a number of specialty pharmaceutical products. Prior to joining Astellas Pharma Limited, he held investment roles at Spirit Capital SA, Inventages Venture Capital Investment Inc. and Aberdeen Asset Managers Private Equity Limited. Dr. Wiley trained in general medicine at Trinity College Dublin, specialising in neurology. He has a Masters of Business Administration from INSEAD and is also a Member of the Royal College of Physicians in Ireland.
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Dr. Joe Wiley
CEO
Rory Nealon
COO/CFO
Rory Nealon co-founded Amryt Pharma in August 2015. Prior to that, he was the Chief Financial Officer (from 2003), Chief Operating Officer (from November 2007) and Board Member of Trinity Biotech plc, a diagnostic company listed on Nasdaq. He has also been a Board Member and Chief Financial Officer of Conduit plc, an Irish directory services provider with operations in Ireland, the UK, Austria and Switzerland, as well as an Associate Director at AIB Capital Markets, a subsidiary of AIB Group plc, the Irish banking group. He holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from University College Dublin, is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland, a member of the Institute of Taxation in Ireland and a member of the Institute of Corporate Treasurers in the UK.
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Rory Nealon
COO/CFO
Stephen Joyce
Head of Marketing, Head of APAC
Stephen Joyce serves as Senior Vice President, Global Head of Marketing & Corporate Communications and Head of APAC. Stephen is also a member of the Amryt Executive Team.
Stephen brings with him almost 20 years of pharmaceutical experience leading functions and teams across EMEA and joined Amryt in 2018 as VP, Head of Global Marketing. Most of his career has been focussed in the specialty businesses of immunology, urology, uro-oncology and dermatology. Prior to Amryt, Stephen held several country and regional Commercial and General Management roles at Astellas, where he led the commercialization and launch efforts for in line and pipeline assets, as well as working on and leading organisational design, organisational change and cultural change projects.
Stephen holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Marketing from Trinity College Dublin and has participated in Executive Leadership Programmes at INSEAD.
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Stephen Joyce
Head of Marketing, Head of APAC
Gerry Gilligan
VP Manufacturing Supply Chain
Gerry has over 25 years’ experience in the pharmaceutical sector. His experience has spanned Supply chain, API, Development, Solid Oral dosage, Semi Solid formulations, Bulk Manufacturing and Aseptic fill finish. He joined Amryt in February 2019. His most recent rolls have included Director of Manufacturing, Director of Operations and Site Lead at LEO Pharma. Gerry has a PhD in Chemistry, Black belt in Lean/ Quality Systems and most recently became a certified Business Coach. He has led organisations through significant operational transformation and been involved in acquisitions of companies and product portfolios.
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Gerry Gilligan
VP Manufacturing Supply Chain
Dr. Tracy Cunningham
Chief Medical Officer
Dr. Tracy Cunningham joined Amryt Pharma in April 2020. She has over 20 years’ experience in the pharmaceutical industry predominantly in clinical development and medical affairs. Most recently, she spent 4 years in AstraZeneca as Clinical Head, Oncology R&D and led the successful registration of Koselugo (selumetinib) for the treatment of paediatric patients with NF1 plexiform neurofibromas. She led the clinical and scientific interactions with regulatory agencies including the US Food and Drug Administration and the European Medicines Agency. Prior to AstraZeneca, she was in GlaxoSmithKline and was responsible for the haematology global medical affairs team with a substantial program including the development of Promacta (eltrombopag) in severe aplastic anemia. She is a medical graduate of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland and a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians in Ireland, she specialised in pharmaceutical medicine. She lectures on the Trinity College Dublin, Diploma of Pharmaceutical Medicine course and is a board member of the Health Research Board, Ireland.
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Dr. Tracy Cunningham
Chief Medical Officer
John McEvoy
General Counsel
John McEvoy has served as Amryt’s General Counsel from September 2017. Mr. McEvoy oversees all legal, corporate affairs and data protection matters globally for Amryt. Prior to joining Amryt, he served as a lawyer in private practice with Arthur Cox, one of Ireland’s top-tier law firms, and Herbert Smith Freehills, one of the UK’s elite corporate law firms. Mr McEvoy is a qualified lawyer in the U.S. (New York), England and Wales, and Ireland and has represented leading multinational public and private companies in transactions across North America, Europe, and Asia and has experience in many industries including Corporate M&A, Life Sciences, Technology, Media and Telecoms and Data Protection. He holds an LLB from Queens University Belfast and is a member of the American Bar Association, Law Society of England and Wales and Law Society of Ireland.
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John McEvoy
General Counsel
Dr. Helen Phillips
Head of Medical Affairs
Dr Helen Phillips joined Amryt Pharma in December 2016. Prior to joining, she was Medical Director EMEA at Aegerion Pharmaceuticals, where she was responsible for the medical activities supporting Lojuxta (lomitapide), a treatment for Homozygous Familial Hypercholesterolaemia (HoFH). Dr. Phillips has over 20 years’ experience in Medical Affairs, working in UK, European and Global roles for AstraZeneca, GSK and Hospira, as well as biotech start-up companies, Aspreva and Vanda. She has a degree in Medicine from Bristol University Medical School and spent six years in the NHS in General Practice.
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Dr. Helen Phillips
Head of Medical Affairs
Kieran Rooney
Strategic Alliances & Licensing
Kieran Rooney joined Amryt Pharma as VP, Strategic Alliances and Licensing, in August 2017. Prior to joining Amryt, he was Managing Director of Halo BioConsulting, a global healthcare advisory services firm he founded in 2007, which focused on business alliances and management consulting. Between 2007 and 2017, he worked with over 30 pharmaceutical, biotechnology and professional service companies, including, most recently, Amakem Therapeutics and PwC. Prior to that, Dr. Rooney worked as a consultant to the UK Government and held business development roles at Smith & Nephew, F2G Limited, Pharsight Corporation, and MDS Pharma Services, among others. He has a PhD in Neuropharmacology from the University of Wales, Cardiff.
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Kieran Rooney
Strategic Alliances & Licensing
Julie Eastwood
Head of Human Resources
Julie has over 25 years’ experience in HR. Her experience has been in multiple sectors in the UK and Republic of Ireland including Construction, Television, Technology and Waste Management. She joined Amryt in June 2019. Her former experience has included working as HR Director in Total mobile, TV3 and Oxigen. A Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development Julie holds a Master’s Degree in Administration and Law. She has significant experience in Employee Relations, Employee Engagement, Training and Development, Recruitment and Selection and in Acquisitions.
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Julie Eastwood
Head of Human Resources
Sheila Frame
President Americas
Sheila Frame serves as President, Americas, where she is also a member of the Amryt Executive Committee. In her role, Sheila leads the overall business of Amryt across North and South America.
Sheila brings with her more than 20 years of pharmaceutical experience leading functions and businesses in the United States, Canada and the Nordics. Most of her career has been in the specialty businesses of immunology, immuno-oncology and epilepsy. Prior to Amryt, Sheila held several Worldwide Commercial and country General Management roles with Novartis and Bristol Myers Squibb where she led the commercialization and launch efforts for in line and pipeline assets, including Tabrecta®, Orencia®, Yervoy® and the PDL1 diagnostic for Opdivo®. Before joining the pharmaceutical industry, Sheila began her professional career holding senior positions with the Government of Canada before moving to industry as a lobbyist and an expert in pharmaceutical policy and reimbursement. .
Sheila is currently the past-President of the Central New Jersey Chapter of the Healthcare Businesswomen’s Association. She is also a non-executive director of Theratechnologies Inc. Sheila was recognized as a 2019 Woman of Inspiration & Influence by the Women Business Leaders of the US Health Care Industry Foundation.
Sheila holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from York University and a Masters of Business Administration degree from Concordia University.
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Sheila Frame
President Americas
Jordi Casals
President of EMEA
Jordi joined Amryt Pharma as VP Head of Europe in January 2018 and brings 25 years’ experience across a broad range of International commercial roles in the pharmaceutical industry. Prior to joint Amryt, Mr. Casals was VP Commercial Operations EMEA in Alexion Pharmaceuticals, where he managed the launch of key product – Soliris for multiple indications across the all-region. Prior to EMEA role in Alexion, he was managing the Iberia region, where he founded in 2010 AELMHU, the Orphan Drug Association in Spain, which now a days is one of the key players lobbying and influencing new policies, regarding the value of Orphan Drugs, in front of the government and other stakeholders. Prior to Alexion, he was at different leadership roles in Otsuka Pharmaceuticals and Grifols.
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Jordi Casals
President of EMEA
Elizabeth V. Jobes JD
Chief Compliance Officer
Elizabeth has over 30 years of experience as an attorney and compliance professional in the life sciences industry. Before joining Amryt in January 2020, she held the position of Senior Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer Americas for EMD Serono (Greater Boston) a division of Merck KGaA. Prior to that, she held the roles of Head of Global Compliance, Spark Therapeutics a gene therapy company based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Before joining Spark, Elizabeth held positions as Chief Compliance officer at Auxilium Pharmaceuticals and Adolor Pharmaceuticals, as well as a senior compliance role at Cephalon Inc. She began her career as a trial attorney with the Philadelphia District Attorney’s office and then supervised several divisions within that office before moving to the pharmaceutical industry. Elizabeth received her BA from Pennsylvania State University and was a Patricia Harris Fellow at Rutgers University School of Law where she received her JD.
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Elizabeth V. Jobes JD
Chief Compliance Officer
Board of directors
Ray Stafford
Non-executive Chairman
Mr. Stafford has worked in the pharmaceutical industry for thirty years. He was Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and majority shareholder of the Tosara Group who owned, manufactured and marketed the successful international brand Sudocrem. Tosara was integrated into the US based NYSE listed company Forest Laboratories, Inc. in 1988. Mr. Stafford held numerous senior positions within that corporation including Chief Executive Officer of Forest UK and Ireland as well as Chief Executive Officer of Forest Laboratories Europe since 1999. Mr. Stafford retired in 2014 following the sale of Forest Laboratories, Inc. to Actavis Plc (now Allergan Plc) in a US $28 billion transaction where Mr. Stafford was Executive Vice President of Global Marketing. Separately, Mr. Stafford was founder of what is today one of Ireland’s leading multi-channel sales, marketing and distribution service providers approved by the Irish Medicines Board (now The Health Products Regulatory Authority) to service the wholesale and retail trade.
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Ray Stafford
Non-executive Chairman
Dr. Joe Wiley
Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
Dr. Wiley founded Amryt and has over 20 years of experience in the pharmaceutical, medical and venture capital industries. Dr. Wiley opened and led the European office of Sofinnova Ventures Inc. He was previously a medical director at Astellas Pharma Limited where he liaised with the marketing team and was involved in the launch of a number of specialty pharmaceutical products. Prior to joining Astellas Pharma Limited, he held investment roles at Spirit Capital SA, Inventages Venture Capital Investment Inc. and Aberdeen Asset Managers Private Equity Limited. Dr. Wiley trained in general medicine at Trinity College Dublin, specialising in neurology. He has a Masters of Business Administration from INSEAD and is also a Member of the Royal College of Physicians in Ireland.
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Dr. Joe Wiley
Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
Stephen Wills
Non-executive Director
Mr.Wills serves as the Chief Financial Officer, since 1997, and Chief Operating Officer, since 2011, of Palatin Technologies, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company developing targeted, receptor-specific peptide therapeutics for the treatment of diseases with significant unmet medical need and commercial potential. Mr.Wills also serves on the boards of: Caliper Corporation, since 2016; MediWound Ltd., since 2017; and Gamida Cell Ltd., since 2019. Mr.Wills served as Executive Chairman and Interim Principal Executive Officer of Derma Sciences, Inc., a public company providing advanced wound care products, from December 2015 until February 2017 when Derma Sciences, Inc. was acquired by Integra LifeSciences Holding Corporation. Mr. Wills also served as the lead director of Derma Sciences, Inc. until December 2015 and as Chief Financial Officer from 1997 to 2000. Mr. Wills is 531 Chairman of the board of trustees of The Hun School of Princeton, New Jersey and from 1991 to 2000 he was the President and Chief Operating Officer of Golomb,Wills & Company, P.C., a public accounting firm. Mr. Wills is a certified public accountant and earned his Bachelor of Science in accounting from West Chester University and a Master of Science in taxation from Temple University.
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Stephen Wills
Non-executive Director
Dr. Patrick Vink
Non-executive Director
Dr.Vink has significant experience as a senior executive having worked in the pharmaceutical industry for more than 30 years. Dr. Vink serves as Chairman at Acacia Pharma Group plc and Targovax ASA, both publicly listed biopharma companies based in the UK and Norway. Dr. Vink also serves as Chairman of venture capital backed NMD Pharma ApS, a neurology biopharma company in Denmark and F2G Ltd, a rare fungal disease UK- and Austria-based company. In addition, Dr. Vink is a board member at Santhera AG and Spero Therapeutics Inc and since 2019 began working with Athyrium as a Senior Advisor. While serving at these companies, Dr. Vink has been involved in initial public listings, geographic expansions and contributed to the achievement of meaningful development and commercial
milestones. Earlier in his career he held several leadership positions across the industry, including Head of Global Biopharmaceuticals for the Sandoz division of the Novartis Group, Vice President International Business for Biogen Inc., and Head of Worldwide Marketing, Cardiovascular and Thrombosis at Sanofi-Synthelabo Ltd. Dr.Vink also served as a member of the Executive Committee of the European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations between 2013 and 2015. He graduated as a medical doctor from the University of Leiden, Netherlands in 1988 and obtained his Masters of Business Administration in 1992 at the University of Rochester.
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Dr. Patrick Vink
Non-executive Director
Donald Stern
Non-executive Director
Mr. Stern was previously a director of Novelion until September 2019, and previously a member of Aegerion’s board of directors from September 2015 through to October 2016.Mr. Stern is Managing Director of Corporate Monitoring & Consulting Services at Affiliated Monitors Inc., a consulting firm providing independent integrity monitoring services and compliance services across a wide range of regulated industries and professions. He has had a diverse and distinguished legal career, evenly split between private practice and public service. He has been a partner at three major law firms including Cooley LLP, Bingham McCutchen LLP, and Hale & Dorr LLP (now Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP). Mr. Stern has served as the United States Attorney for the District of Massachusetts, the Chief Legal Counsel to Governor Michael S. Dukakis and the Chief of the Government Bureau in the Massachusetts Attorney General’s office. Mr. Stern holds a Masters in Laws from University of Pennsylvania Law School, a Juris Doctor degree from Georgetown University Law Center and a Bachelor of Arts from Hobart College.
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Donald Stern
Non-executive Director
Dr. Alain Munoz
Non-executive Director
Dr. Munoz, M.D., Ph.D. is an entrepreneur and independent management consultant in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industry, and has over 30 years of experience in the industry at the executive level. Dr. Munoz worked with the Fournier Group, as Research and Development director and then Senior Vice President of the Pharmaceutical Division. He joined the Fournier Group from Sanofi Group, where he started as director in the cardiovascular and anti-thrombotic products department and then asVice President international development. Dr.Munoz is qualified in cardiology and anaesthesiology from the University Hospital of Montpellier, France where he was head of the clinical cardiology department. He has been a member of the Scientific Committee of the French drug agency. He is advisor to Kurma Partners and serves on the scientific advisory board of Valneva SA. He is an independent board member of Hybrigenics S.A., Auris Medical Holding AG and Zealand Pharma A/S.
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Dr. Alain Munoz
Non-executive Director
George Hampton Jr
Non-executive Director
Mr. Hampton joined Currax Pharmaceuticals in April of 2019 as Chief Executive Officer and serves on its board of directors. Prior to joining Currax, Mr. Hampton served as executive vice president, primary care business unit for Horizon Pharmaceuticals (HZNP), a public biopharmaceutical company. In this role he was tasked with leading the forward-looking strategy, as well as establishing operational goals for the business. Previously, Mr. Hampton served as executive vice president, global orphan business unit and international operations for Horizon Pharmaceuticals. He has more than 25 years of experience as a successful executive in the pharmaceutical and biotech field on both a national and international scale including specific expertise in rare disease (ACTIMMUNE, RAVICTI, PROCYSBI), autoimmune (HUMIRA), primary care, orthopedic (CELEBREX), diabetes (BYETTA), anti-infectives and cardiovascular spaces. This includes roles of increasing responsibility in sales, marketing and operations at G.D. Searle, Abbott, (now AbbVie), Amylin and Horizon Pharmaceuticals. Hampton earned his Bachelor of Science from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. He serves on the board of IMAC (NASDAQ: IMAC) regeneration centers, public regenerative medicine centers.
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George Hampton Jr
Non-executive Director
Raj Kannan
Non-executive Director
Raj Kannan is the CEO of Aerie Pharmaceuticals. He has over 25 years of experience leading and developing companies. He has effectively led and grown organizations and supported multiple successful launches across therapeutic areas in the U.S. and globally. Prior to joining Aerie, Mr. Kannan was Chief Executive Officer and President of Chiasma, Inc., where he led the organization through the approval and the launch of the first oral therapy in over a decade for patients with acromegaly and subsequently through the acquisition by Amryt Pharma Plc. Before that, Mr. Kannan was Chief Commercial Officer at Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals, Ltd. (“Kiniksa”), where he built the commercial operations, including sales, marketing, and business analytics functions. Prior to Kiniksa, he served as the Global Head of the Neurology and Immunology business franchise at Merck KGaA, where he was responsible for transforming the largest franchise into a growth franchise with $2 billion in annual revenues through significant strategic shifts in investment to support new product introductions and through recalibration of pipeline investments. Before that, Mr. Kannan spent 10 years at Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH in the U.S., Canada, and in Germany, including as Global Marketing Head of the Cardiovascular Franchise, where he was responsible for more than $3.5 billion in annual revenues.
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Raj Kannan
Non-executive Director
Roni Mamluk
Non-executive Director
Roni Mamluk, Ph.D. joined the Board of Directors of Chiasma, Inc. in June 2017. Dr. Mamluk currently serves as Chief Executive Officer of Ayala Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company dedicated to developing targeted cancer therapies for people living with genetically defined cancers. She joined Chiasma in 2006 and led the creation of its TPE technology and subsequently Mycapssa® development. Roni fulfilled multiple roles at Chiasma including Chief Development Officer from March 2015 to March 2017, Chief Executive Officer from April 2013 to March 2015 and held various roles in the Company from 2006 to April 2013, including Chief Operating Officer and Vice President, Research and Development. Prior to joining Chiasma, Dr. Mamluk led nonclinical research and development at Adnexus Therapeutics, Inc. Dr. Mamluk received her B.A. and Ph.D. from the Hebrew University. She completed her post-doctoral fellowship at Children’s Hospital/Harvard Medical School in the field of angiogenesis.
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Roni Mamluk
Non-executive Director