Robert Peach

Dr Peach has over 30 years of drug discovery and development experience in the Pharmaceutical and Biotechnology industry. In 2009 he co-founded Receptos, becoming Chief Scientific Officer and raising $59M in venture capital and $800M in an IPO and three subsequent follow-on offerings. In August 2015 Receptos was acquired by Celgene for $7.8B. Robert held senior executive and scientific positions in other companies including Apoptos, Biogen Idec, IDEC and Bristol-Myers Squibb, supporting in-licensing, acquisition and venture investments. His drug discovery and development experience in autoimmune and inflammatory diseases, and cancer has resulted in multiple drugs entering clinical trials and 3 registered drugs. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of Rekover Therapeutics, a privately held biotechnology company in New Zealand. Robert also serves on the Scientific Advisory Board of privately held Eclipse Bioinnovations in San Diego and is a consultant for several other biotechnology companies. Robert is the co-author of 75 scientific publications and book chapters and is an inventor on 17 patents. Dr Peach is a member of the Risk Committee.