Keith F

Biography

Keith Martin has enjoyed a successful 30+ year career in both large pharmaceutical companies and early stage biopharmaceutical companies. He has held senior positions in R&D and corporate & business development as well as both executive and non-executive Board positions with management and leadership roles in UK, Belgium, USA & Spain. He has raised more than € 40 million in equity and grants for early stage companies. In addition, Keith has developed products from bench to market and realised value through significant licensing deals as well being experienced in venture investment. Since April 2006, he has been CEO of Apitope. He led the completion of two successful Phase I clinical trials in multiple sclerosis patients, closed the €10 million Series A (October 2008) and €12 million Series B (September 2015) financings and a €150 million+ licensing deal in January 2009. Previously as a founder and president of KetoCytonyx Inc, he was responsible for securing seed and Series A financing of €4.6 million. Prior to that role, as BTG’s Global Director of Life Sciences, he was responsible for an extensive portfolio of product candidates and licensee marketed products. As Deputy Head of Biology at BASF Pharma, he developed six CNS compounds from the bench through to Phase I and was a key member of the team that developed two products to full market approval in USA and UK.Keith began his research career as a PhD student at the University of Bath. He then held a Wellcome Trust Fellowship in Mental Health at Nottingham University Medical School in addition to a NATO Exchange Fellowship to Princeton University Psychology Department and has an extensive list of publications and patents.  

Research Interest

 Keith Martin has research interest in Psychology and Business Management.