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Principal Advisors & Board of Directors

Human Genetic Signatures is governed by a Board of Directors and is also advised by a Principal Advisory Panel, who oversee the integrity of our business operations and lend their knowledge, experience and insight to the business.

Members of our Board include:

• Christopher M Abbott, AM FCA. Founder and Non-Executive Chairman
  Co-founder of Brisbane companies Agen Biomedical and Peplin and of Maple-Brown Abbott Limited.
  
  
• Dr Nick Samaras, PhD. Non-Executive Director
  Dr Nick Samaras has over 20 years experience in the global life sciences industry, and is CEO of MuriGen Therapeutics and a Director of Teeleostin Ltd , AGRF Ltd and Replikun Biomed Pty Ltd.
  
  
• Phill Isaacs, MSc JP. Non-Executive Director
  Formerly Vice President of Cytyc in Asia Pacific and prior to that founding Managing Director of Beckman Australia.
  
  
• Robert J Birrell, CPA, BEc, M.Comm. Founder and CFO
  CFO and co-founder of Human Genetic Signatures, Robert was previously CFO of Austar and earlier PA to Paul Simon, Chairman of Woolworths.
  
  
• Angus R Hastie, M.Bus. CEO
  CEO of Human Genetic Signatures, Angus previously held the position of Global Director of Marketing and Business Development at Roche Molecular Diagnostics in the USA.
  
  

Our Principal Advisors include:

• Sir Gregory Winter, CB, FRS, Hon FRCP, Hon FTSE. Special Advisor
  Sir Gregory Winter is a pioneer of therapeutic monoclonal antibodies. He invented techniques to both humanise and later to fully-humanise antibodies for therapeutic uses.
  
  
• Dr Jim Peacock, AC, FAA, FRS, FTSE, FAIAST. Special Advisor
  Jim Peacock is the former Chief Scientist of Australia and a past President of the Australian Academy of Science. He was Chief of CSIRO Plant Industry 1978-2003.
  
  
• Prof. William Rawlinson, MBBS, PhD, FRACO, FRCPA. Clinical Advisor
  Professor William Rawlinson is Director of the Virology Division, SEALS Microbiology at Prince of Wales Hospital, Sydney.
  
   
• Dr Doug Millar, PhD. HGS Chief Research Scientist
  
   
• Dr John Melki, PhD. HGS Senior Principal Research Scientist

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