Chris Catlow - Chairman
Chris Catlow is an experienced executive in the capital markets. Over his 25 year career, he has held various senior roles in major operating companies and has considerable experience in raising both equity and debt for large projects. Chris was the inaugural CFO of Fortescue Metals Group Ltd and played a central role in its development and in raising more than US$4 billion. He was previously a director of Consolidated Rutile Ltd and Executive General Manager Finance of Iluka Resources Limited and is currently Chairman of Sirius Minerals Plc and Indo Mines Ltd. Chris has a Bachelor of Science in Engineering from the University of Durham, UK and is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accounts in Australia.
Lee Rodne - Managing Director
Lee Rodne has over 15 years of leadership experience in healthcare, technology, medical devices, and mining & renewable energy sectors in North America, UK and Australia. Lee has been in executive leadership roles in both public and private enterprises. He has served as a Director and Vice president of a U.S. based Healthcare Consulting & Distribution Company specializing on GE Healthcare products and services. Lee also led consulting services to the U.S. Healthcare, Device and Technology industries including Hospitals, Clinics, Multi-National Medical Device companies, Healthcare Insurance markets and various technology driven companies. Lee holds an MBA from the University of St. Thomas, Minnesota and a B.A. degree in Business Management from St. John’s University, Minnesota.
Michael Bennett - Executive Director
Michael Bennett has over 35 years sales and marketing experience working for US and European medical device companies and has been involved in the introduction of many new medical and surgical device technologies to the Australian market. Michael worked with Ramsay Surgical Ltd, an Australian medical/surgical supply and distribution company until 1979. Since 1979, Michael owned and operated his own private surgical supply company, Bennett Medical, and exclusively represented several major overseas medical device manufacturing corporations. His company was involved in the introduction of many new surgical technologies to Australia. He sold the company in 2001. From 2001 he has been consulting to overseas surgical manufacturers and to the Australian medical industry in general.
Graeme Rowley - Non-Executive Director
Graeme Rowley played a central role in the development of Fortescue Metals Group Ltd from its inception in 2003. He recently retired as an Executive Director of Fortescue but continues to serve as a Non-Executive of the company. Previously he was an executive with Rio Tinto Plc holding senior positions in Hamersley Iron and Argyle Diamonds. Graeme’s previous directorships have included Dampier Port Authority, the Pilbara Development Commission, the Council for the West Pilbara College of TAFE and the Western Australian State Government’s Technical Advisory Council.
Robert Towner - Non- Executive Director
Robert Towner has more than 15 years experience in financial markets providing corporate advice to listed and unlisted public companies. He has been instrumental in the formation, management and direction of bioMD since its formation as a publicly listed company. In his capacity as Non-Executive Director, Robert is responsible for maintaining Board awareness of financial markets, corporate governance, capital structuring and working capital requirements. He is a director of Cornerstone Corporate Pty Ltd, an Australian-based Financial Services provider, and was formerly a director and authorised representative of Capstone Capital Pty Ltd, Capstone has facilitated capital raisings and consulted to small to medium sized companies in the resources, energy and industrial sectors. He is currently a Director of an unlisted public company, Kratos Energy Limited.
Handojo (Jet) Soedirdja - Non-Executive Director
Jet Soedirdja is an experienced Director in Australia and overseas and brings extensive experience in investment markets. Jet has been a Non-Executive Director of Mosaic Oil (ASX.MOS), an Australian oil exploration company, and PT Dragon Capital Management, an investment group based in Indonesia. He was also Non-Executive Director and Joint Chairman of PT Bumindo Energi International, a contractor company. He is currently an investment advisor at Bell Potter Securities and has held advisor roles at RBS Morgans (formerly ABN Amro Morgans) and Credit Suisse First Boston.