Shawn O'Brien

Mr O'Brien has more than 35 years of global pharmaceutical industry experience building enterprises. He was a founding partner of Key BioPharma Partners providing advice to life science companies and capital providers. He was previously the Chairman and CEO of Genomind Inc., a personalised mental health platform company, and CEO of publicly listed Cipher Pharmaceuticals Inc., a pharmaceutical company with a portfolio of commercial stage dermatology products. He has also been President and CEO of three private biotechs including AltheRx Pharmaceuticals, Profectus BioSciences and Solstice Neurosciences. Mr O'Brien held senior leadership roles at AstraZeneca, one of the global pharmaceutical companies. At AstraZeneca he was responsible for brands such as FASLODEX, SYMBICORT, PULMICORT and SEROQUEL which all became billion-dollar brands.