Mr Hayes is an Executive and Non-Executive Director with broad strategic experience across a portfolio of board positions, and substantial experience in the health industry including senior product development and operations roles with Factors, Blackmores and BioCeuticals. He is currently Asia Pacific Managing Director of Factors Group, Canada's largest natural health company and a Director of MGC Pharma, an ASX listed biotech & cannabis company. He has over 10 years' non-executive director experience across public, private and ASX organisations. As a scientist, specialising in medicines, both natural and biotech, he has the unique capability of leveraging deep technical skills to develop real commercial outcomes. Mr Hayes is particularly specialised in the management, set up and scaling of start-up organisations, where there is a fast-moving environment balancing a need for strategy, scale, business development, overseas expansion, risk and compliance. Mr Hayes holds over 20 years' experience in leading organisations in Australia and overseas, and has worked in Europe, the USA and in Australia. He has a practical understanding of both the FDA and the TGA with a detailed knowledge of strategic, financial, human resource and compliance issues. He also holds senior executive experience in the natural medicine sector, as well as extensive consulting experience across portfolios including procurement, product development and health economics for leading Australian organisations through his consulting organisations, Relae and FIT Milestones.
