Dr Hugh Niall

Executive Director, Australian Stem Cell Centre

Dr Niall brings significant biotechnology management experience to the Advisory Board. He was Chief Executive Officer of Biota, a listed Australian biotech company from 1995 – 2002.  Previously he has held senior academic and commercial positions, including four years as VP of Research Discovery at Genentech.

Dr Niall was a Board Member of the Howard Florey Institute from 1996 - 2003 and Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard University’s Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston.

He is also the Chairman of the Diabetes Vaccine Development Centre. He was a founding director of the Australian Stem Cell Centre Ltd and was Chief Executive Officer of the Centre from July 2003 to July 2006.