Independent Director

Highly accomplished Executive and Non-Executive Director with broad and strategic experience across a portfolio of Board positions. Most recently Executive Director of MGC Pharma an LSE/ ASX listed Biotech & Cannabis company and Executive Director of New Zealand Coastal Seafood an ASX listed seafood Biotech and Asia Pacific Managing Director of Factors Group, Canadas largest Natural Health Company with annual sales in surplus of $1B. Qualifications in Biotechnology, Biochemistry, six sigma, auditing, and business management. Substantial experience in the health industry in strategic roles with Factors, Blackmores and BioCeuticals. With over 10 years’ non-executive Director experience across public, private and ASX organizations, Evan is an innovative, strategic thinker. He is a highly respected scientist, specialising in medicines, both Natural and Biotech and has the unique capability of leveraging deep technical skills with developing real commercial outcomes. Evan is particularly specialised in the management, set up and scaling of start-up organisations where there is a fast-moving environment balancing a need for strategy, scale, business development, overseas expansion, risk and compliance.

Evan has over 20 years’ experience in leading organizations in Australia and overseas. Evan has worked in Europe, the USA and in Australia evidenced by his strong knowledge of both the FDA and the TGA with a detailed knowledge of strategic, financial, human resource and compliance issues.

Evan has senior executive experience in the natural medicine sector as well as extensive consulting experience across portfolios including sustainability, procurement, product development and health economics for leading Australian organizations through his consulting organizations Relae and FIT Milestones.

Evan is passionate about natural products, experimental and clinical research, has initiated and published research in diverse areas such as Immunoassay development, Probiotic functionality, and Vitamin D insufficiency and is an author of multiple patents including one world patent.