ABOUT US
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Mr. Thomas Lynch joined Amarin in January 2000 as Chairman and Non-Executive Director and was appointed Chief Executive Officer in 2007. Between 1993 and 2004, Mr. Lynch was with Elan Corporation plc where he held a number of positions including Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice Chairman. Mr. Lynch spear-headed Elan’s transition from a drug delivery technology provider to a fully integrated pharmaceutical company, through a number of acquisitions, including Athena Neurosciences, Inc. The Athena acquisition brought Elan its programs in multiple sclerosis, autoimmune diseases and Alzheimer’s disease. Mr. Lynch was also a founder of the specialty pharmaceutical company, Warner Chilcott plc. Mr. Lynch is and has been a board member of a number of biotechnology and healthcare companies. Mr. Lynch was a partner in the international accounting firm of KPMG, where he specialized in the provision of international corporate financial services.
Mr. Anthony Russell-Roberts joined Amarin as a Non-Executive Director on April 7, 2000. He has held the position of Administrative Director of The Royal Ballet at the Royal Opera House since 1983. Prior to that, he was Artistic Administrator of the Paris Opera from 1981 after five years of work in the lyric arts in various theatres. Mr. Russell-Roberts’ earlier business career started as a general management trainee with Watney Mann, which was followed by eight years with Lane Fox and Partners, as a partner specializing in commercial property development. He holds an M.A. degree in Politics, Philosophy, and Economics from Oxford University and was awarded a CBE in 2004.
Dr. William Mason was appointed Lead independent Director on February 4, 2008. Dr. Mason has served as a non-executive board member of Amarin since July 19, 2002, is Chairman of the Company’s Audit Committee and a member of Amarin’s Nominations Committee. Dr. Mason received his B.Sc. from Case Western Reserve University in the United States and his doctorate in physiology from Trinity College, Cambridge, UK in 1977. For twenty years he led a program of neuroscience-focused medical research in Cambridge. Dr. Mason also played an active role as a member of the Advisory Council on Science and Technology (ACOST) in the UK Cabinet Office of HM Government, developing government policy to create a highly qualified scientific and technical manpower base in the UK. He has founded successful high technology biomedical companies and has extensive commercial transactional experience in the healthcare and life sciences sector. He maintains strong links with the healthcare investment community. Currently, Dr. Mason is Chairman of OrthoMimetics Ltd., Camlab Ltd. and Team Consulting Ltd., and is a director of Sage Healthcare Ltd., Zygem Ltd. and Sphere Medical Ltd. He is also a member of the 3i Independent Director’s Program.
Dr. John Climax, PhD (SAB Chairman) is a founder and the current Executive Chairman of ICON Clinical Research plc, and a non-executive director of Amarin Corporation plc. He has over 25 years of experience in the contract research industry globally. Dr. Climax received his primary degree in pharmacy in 1977 from the University of Singapore, his masters in applied pharmacology in 1979 from the University of Wales and his PhD in clinical pharmacology from the National University of Ireland in 1982. He has authored a significant number of papers and presentations. Dr. Climax is an adjunct Professor at the Royal College of Surgeons, Dublin and Chairman of the Human Dignity Foundation, a Swiss based charity.
James Healy, M.D., Ph.D., joined Amarin as a non-executive director in May 2008. Dr. Healy joined Sofinnova Ventures as a General Partner in 2000. Dr. Healy was a founding investor and board member of Cellective (acquired by MedImmune), CoTherix (acquired by Actelion), Novacea, and Intermune. He also serves on the boards of directors of several private companies. In the pharmaceutical industry Dr. Healy held positions at Bayer Pharmaceuticals (Miles) and ISTA Pharmaceuticals prior to its initial public offering. He began his private equity career at Sanderling. Dr. Healy earned B.A.s in Molecular Biology and Scandinavian Studies from the University of California at Berkeley, where he graduated with Distinction in General Scholarship, Honors, and received a Departmental Citation. He received his M.D. from Stanford University’s School of Medicine through the Medical Scientist Training Program, and earned his Ph.D. in Immunology from Stanford University, where he was a Beckman Scholar and received a bursary award from the Novartis Foundation. Dr. Healy teaches a course on entrepreneurship at Stanford University, and is an active member of the BIO-NVCA Working Group.
Carl L. Gordon, Ph. D., CFA, joined Amarin as a non-executive director in May 2008. Dr. Gordon is a founding General Partner and Co-Head of Private Equity of OrbiMed Advisors LLC. Dr. Gordon is active in both private equity and small-capitalization public equity investments. He was a senior biotechnology analyst at Mehta and Isaly from 1995 to 1997. He was a Fellow at The Rockefeller University from 1993 to 1995. Dr. Gordon received a Ph.D. in Molecular Biology from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His doctoral work involved studies of protein folding and assembly. He received a Bachelors degree from Harvard College.
Dr. Eric Aguiar joined Amarin as a non-executive director in May 2008. Dr. Aguiar is a Partner at Thomas, McNerney & Partners. He has 16 years of experience in the biopharmaceutical industry. From 2001 to 2007 he was a Managing Director at HealthCare Ventures. Prior to joining HealthCare Ventures, he was CEO of Genovo, Inc. Dr. Aguiar was an executive at TheraTech, a drug delivery company that was sold to Watson Pharmaceuticals in 1997. He was a Managing Director and Vice President of Philadelphia Ventures in the mid-1990’s. Prior board seats have included CardioKine, SkinMedica, Vaxinnate, Metaphore Pharmaceuticals, 3-D Pharmaceuticals, and ThromboSys. He graduated from Harvard Medical School and Cornell University with honors.
Dr. Lars Ekman joined Amarin as a non-executive director in November 2008. He has more than 24 years experience in the pharmaceutical industry. He was formerly Executive Vice President and President of Global Research and Development at Elan Corporation plc, where he is currently a director and chairs the Science and Technology Committee. Prior to joining Elan, he was Executive Vice President, Research and Development at Schwarz Pharma AG and was employed in a variety of senior scientific and clinical functions at Pharmacia, now Pfizer. Dr. Ekman also sits on the Board of Directors of ARYx Therapeutics Inc., InterMune Inc., and Cebix. Dr. Ekman is a board certified surgeon with a Ph.D in experimental biology and has held several clinical and academic positions in both the United States and Europe. He obtained his Ph.D and M.D. from the University of Gothenburg, Sweden.
