Mary Martin, Ph.D. has over 30 years experience in drug delivery technology development and all aspects of product development and commercialisation. Prior to joining Avectas, Mary served as Senior Vice President Global Regulatory, Quality and R&D Project Management with Horizon Therapeutics, following its acquisition of Vidara Therapeutics. Mary held senior leadership roles in, and was a board member of, Vidara Therapeutics and AGI Therapeutics. Mary spent the first fifteen years of her career across a number of technical and business roles with the drug delivery division of Elan. Mary holds a Ph.D. in Pharmacology, a Certified Diploma in Accounting and Finance (ACCA) and is a Chartered Director (C.Dir, Institute Of Directors).

Eunan Maguire is an experienced pharmaceutical executive. Most recently he co-founded Adapt Pharma – a leader in opioid overdose treatment – and served as its Chief Operating Officer until its sale to Emergent BioSolutions. Eunan previously co-founded Azur Pharma – a CNS and Women’s Health Pharmaceutical business – and served as its President until it merged with Jazz Pharmaceuticals. He subsequently led strategy and corporate development at Jazz. Earlier in his career, Eunan led business development at King Pharmaceuticals (acquired by Pfizer) and Strategy at Elan Corporation. Eunan is an accountant by profession and trained at KPMG. His board memberships include AixThera, ALSHC and ONK Therapeutics.

Barry Wohl has diverse operating and strategic planning experience in both the medical device and biopharma sectors. He is currently Chief Business Officer at Apnimed, a venture-backed, clinical-stage company developing novel pharmaceuticals for Obstructive Sleep Apnea. Previously, he was Senior Director of Alliances at Macrolide Pharmaceuticals. Prior to that role, he co-founded Symbal Therapeutics and led the company to sublicense its lead development candidate to a pharmaceutical partner. He has also worked with global biotech firms of all sizes and development stages as a strategy consultant with IMS Consulting Group (now IQVIA) and concurrently in a sell-side transaction advisory role with IMS Health Capital. He started his career with Medtronic, where he worked as a product design engineer and later as a global clinical trial lead. Barry holds degrees in biomedical and mechanical engineering, and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

Michael is CEO of Avectas which he co-founded in 2012. He is a capable and motivated business leader with demonstrated track record in both start-up biotechnology and established medical device companies. He has led Avectas’ funding and business collaboration activities. Michael works closely with the Avectas Board, shareholders, internal and external teams to grow Avectas. He holds a BSc.Eng (Biomedical Engineering) from Trinity College Dublin, M.EngSc (Biomedical Engineering) and PhD (Drug Delivery) from Maynooth University