Biotech / Pharmaceutical Corporate Development leader, with 18+ year track record of corporate value creation through transactional & organic growthFormer scientist with PhD in medicinal chemistry / drug design, passionate about science, and building high performance businesses & teams to bring scientific innovation to patientsCore competencies include:Broad & Deep Biotech / Healthcare Knowledge: experience across therapeutics, diagnostics & personalised healthcare, covering therapeutic areas including cardio-metabolic, CNS, immunology, nuclear medicine, oncology, pain, rare disease & respiratory, and US / UK / European / select Asian healthcare systemsTransactional Experience: 9+ years as an end-to-end deal leader & coach of deal teams; strong deal sheet covering search & evaluation, acquisitions, equity investments, in-licensing & partnershipsStrategy Consulting Experience: 9+ years with top tier consulting firms & in-house strategy teams, advising senior pharmaceutical industry executives on corporate strategy, go to market, portfolio optimisation & product development strategyExecution Leadership: able to accelerate timelines & bring deals / projects to closure successfully, working through high performing teams & as a hands-on leaderCommunication Excellence: highly effective communicator, able to simplify & translate innovative science into commercial business cases & investment theses for a variety of stakeholders including executive leadership, governance boards & investors