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. Alan Cooke joined Amarin in May 2004 as Chief Financial Officer and was subsequently promoted to President and Chief Operating Officer. Prior to joining the company he spent approximately eight years at Elan Corporation, plc, most recently as Vice President, Global Strategic Planning. Mr Cooke is a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants (Ireland) and spent four years with KPMG, Dublin. Mr. Cooke is a member of the Amarin Board of Directors.
Mr. John Groom joined Amarin as a Non-Executive Director on May 29, 2001. Mr. Groom served as President and Chief Operating Officer of Elan Corporation plc from July 1996 until his retirement in January 2001. Mr. Groom was President, Chief Executive Officer and Director of Athena Neurosciences, Inc. prior to its acquisition by Elan in 1996. Mr. Groom serves on the board of directors of Ligand Pharmaceuticals, Neuronyx Inc. and CV Therapeutics Europe Ltd.
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. Simon Kukes was appointed a director on January 1, 2005. Dr. Kukes is the CEO at Samara-Nafta, a Russian oil company, partnering with Amerada Hess, a U.S. based international oil company. He was President and Chief Executive of Tyumen Oil Company (TNK) from 1998 until its merger with British Petroleum (BP) in 2003. He then joined Yukos Oil as chairman. He also served as chief executive of Yukos from 2003 until June 2004. In 1999, he was voted one of the Top 10 Central European Executives by the Wall Street Journal Europe and in 2003 he was named by The Financial Times and PricewaterhouseCoopers as one of the 64 most respected business leaders in the world. Dr. Kukes has a primary degree in Chemical Engineering from the Institute for Chemical Technology, Moscow and a PhD in Physical Chemistry from the Academy of Sciences, Moscow and was a Post-Doctoral Fellow of Rice University, Houston, Texas. He is the holder of more than 130 patents and has published more than 60 scientific papers. He is currently a member of the Council of Energy, Marine Transportation and Public Policy at Columbia University in New York.
Dr. Simon Kukes was appointed a director on January 1, 2005. Dr. Kukes is the CEO at Samara-Nafta, a Russian oil company, partnering with Amerada Hess, a U.S. based international oil company. He was President and Chief Executive of Tyumen Oil Company (TNK) from 1998 until its merger with British Petroleum (BP) in 2003. He then joined Yukos Oil as chairman. He also served as chief executive of Yukos from 2003 until June 2004. In 1999, he was voted one of the Top 10 Central European Executives by the Wall Street Journal Europe and in 2003 he was named by The Financial Times and PricewaterhouseCoopers as one of the 64 most respected business leaders in the world. Dr. Kukes has a primary degree in Chemical Engineering from the Institute for Chemical Technology, Moscow and a PhD in Physical Chemistry from the Academy of Sciences, Moscow and was a Post-Doctoral Fellow of Rice University, Houston, Texas. He is the holder of more than 130 patents and has published more than 60 scientific papers. He is currently a member of the Council of Energy, Marine Transportation and Public Policy at Columbia University in New York.
Dr. Michael Walsh was appointed a director on January 1, 2005. Dr. Walsh is an executive director of International Investment and Underwriting ("IIU"), a private equity firm based in Dublin. Dr. Walsh is Chairman of Irish Nationwide Building Society, one of Ireland’s main mortgage providers. He is a non-executive director of a number of companies including Daon, a company involved in biometric authentication and Seer Partners, a technology oriented venture capital company. Dr. Walsh has Bachelor of Commerce and Master of Business Studies degrees from University College Dublin and MBA and PhD degrees from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. Prior to IIU, he was an executive director of NCB Group Ltd, one of Ireland’s leading stockbrokers. He was previously Professor of Banking and Finance at University College Dublin.
Dr. Prem Lachman was appointed a director on August 4, 2005. Dr. Lachman is a founder and general partner of Maximus Capital, a $100 million healthcare investment management company focused on investments in the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries. Dr. Lachman was formerly a general partner at the Galleon Group from 1998 until 2001 and prior to that was a managing director in the Investment Research Department at Goldman Sachs & Co. Dr. Lachman received his M.D. degree from the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in May 1986.
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.
Professor William Hall was appointed as a Non-Executive Director on February 23, 2007. Professor Hall is Professor of Medicine, School of Medicine and Medical Sciences and Director of the National Virus Reference Library at University College Dublin. Professor Hall completed his PhD at Queen’s University of Belfast in 1974 and his M.D. at Cornell University Medical College, New York in 1984. Professor Hall held various Faculty positions at the Rockefeller University in New York before returning to Ireland. Present positions held by Professor Hall include Consultant Microbiologist, St Vincent’s University Hospital, Dublin, Professor, and Professor of Medicine, School of Medicine and Medical Sciences and Director of the Centre for Research in Infectious Diseases and the National Virus Reference Laboratory. Professor Hall is a Fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology, the Infectious Diseases Society of America, the Royal College of Physicians (Ireland) and the Royal College of Pathologists (U.K.).
