Dr Fintan Walton
Non-Executive Director
Cellmid
Australia
Biography
Dr Fintan Walton is Founder and CEO of PharmaVentures Ltd, a UK based corporate advisory firm with more than 30 professional advisers, assisting pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies worldwide in all aspects of corporate transactions, business brokering, mergers and acquisitions and licensing deals. Since he founded PharmaVentures in 1992, he and his team have advised blue chip clients in North America, Europe and Asia, delivering more than 700 assignments for 180 companies in 38 countries. Dr Walton has worked with clients including most of the major and mid-sized pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies. His experience extends to industries such as pharmacetuicals, diversified chemicals, diagnostics, medical devices, generic and over-the-counter medicines as well as government agencies. He has transactional experience representing corporates as well as major banks, investment and merchant banks, private equity and venture capital groups. Educated at Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland), where he obtained his PhD in genetics, Dr Walton has subsequently gained broad commercial experience in biotechnology in management positions at Bass and Celltech plc (1982-1992) prior to founding PharmaVentures.
Research Interest
Research INterest on BIotechnology
