Simon Hw Buckingham
BVSc (Hons) PhD
Non-Executive Director
Pharmaxis
Australia
Biography
Simon has been a member of the Board of Directors since July 2012. He 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, Simon is currently a senior global advisor to Actelion, one of the world’s leading biopharmaceutical companies, and is a director of Actelion Australia. He 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. Simon 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.
Research Interest
Molecular Genetics and Mutation
