Mr McBain is Chair of the Scientific Advisory Board for Vitrafy. John is the former Head of the Endocrine and Metabolic Service, Director of Surgical Services then Head of Reproductive Services spanning 1998-2019 at The Royal Women's Hospital, Melbourne, he was also a founder and then Chairman of Melbourne IVF, now part of Virtus Health. He is a former president of the Fertility Society of Australia, which has credited his advocacy for embryo freezing in the 1980s as virtually eliminating triplet or higher order pregnancy, leading to his being featured in the television series Icons in Medicine. In 1978, John wrote the first Australian Report into AID, which demonstrated the non inferiority of frozen donor semen over fresh. John has almost 30 years' experience in investing in and supporting early-stage companies. He is a member of the Risk Committee.
