Richard Hopkins PhD

Dr Hopkins is an experienced biopharmaceutical executive with over 11 years in corporate leadership roles with public biotechnology companies. He has an established track record in drug development of novel cancer therapies and has strong experience with corporate strategy, business development and intellectual property matters. During his career, Dr Hopkins has managed and overseen several strategic alliance and licensing deals with global pharmaceutical partners.

Most recently, he was the Chief Executive Officer of PharmAust Ltd, an ASX-listed biotechnology company. Prior to that, he was Managing Director at Phylogica Ltd, a company he co-founded in 2001 where he also held a variety of other positions including Chief Scientific Officer and Chief Operating Officer.

Richard holds a PhD in Molecular Biology, is an author on over 25 peer-reviewed publications and is an inventor on 17 patents and patent applications. Dr Hopkins currently serves as a member of the Western Australian Ausbiotech Committee.