Simon H. W. Buckingham

Biography

  Simon H. W. Buckingham, Ph.D, GAICD, serves as Non-Executive Director of Pharmaxis Ltd since July 25, 2012. Dr Buckingham has over 25 years’ experience in the global pharmaceutical industry across a range of functions and a variety of therapeutic areas. Now based in Sydney, he is currently a Senior Global Advisor / Consultant to Actelion, one of the world’s leading biopharmaceutical companies, and is a Director of Actelion Australia. Dr Buckingham was President, Global Corporate and Business Development at Actelion from 2005-2011, a position which spanned licensing, M&A, alliance management and corporate strategic planning. He served as President, North America and Asia-Pacific at Actelion from 2000-2005, with responsibility for all commercial operations in the region. He was the founding President of Actelion Pharmaceuticals US. From 1998-2000 he worked in sales and marketing for Parke-Davis (now part of Pfizer) in the US and prior to that served in roles in sales, marketing and development at Roche, both in Switzerland and Australia, for 9 years. Dr Buckingham is currently a non-executive director of Creso Pharma Ltd, specialising in cannabis derived pharmaceutical grade nutriceutical products for human and animal health; Vaxxilon AG, a European based start-up, founded by the Max Planck Society and Actelion, dedicated to the discovery, development and commercialisation of innovative synthetic carbohydrate vaccines; and the Can Too Foundation, a non-profit organisation raising funds for cancer research. He holds a Bachelor of Veterinary Science degree from the University of Sydney (1984), a PhD from the University of Melbourne (1988), a Graduate Management Qualification from the AGSM, University of NSW (1990) and is a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. Dr Buckingham is a member of the Audit Committee and the Remuneration and Nomination Committee.

Research Interest

 pharmaceutical technology nutriceutical technology