Mr Rosen is an Executive Director of Phosphagenics Limited and is a non-practicing lawyer.  He is one of the founders of Betatene Ltd and Denehurst Ltd, two formerly ASX listed companies which commercialised significant research and development.  Betatene is the world's largest producer of natural beta carotene.  After the purchase of Betatene Ltd by Henkel Corporation, Mr Rosen served as Vice President, Corporate Development. As a Vice President of Henkel Corporation, he worked for a number of years in the US in the nutrition and health care industries.

Mr Rosen has consulted to many technology companies assisting them with the commercialisation of new technologies.  He has had significant experience in the areas of seed capital raising, stock exchange listings, taxation and corporate law.  Mr Rosen graduated from the Australian National University (BA - Psychology) in 1970 and Melbourne University (LLB) in 1973.

Dr Ogru was appointed CEO of Phosphagenics in 2010.  Her responsibilities include involvement in setting strategic direction, management of operations and financing activities for the company.  She also plays an active role in driving key commercial negotiations, development programs and corporate activity.  She achieves this through strong leadership of an experienced pharmaceutical development team and strategic collaborations.

Dr Ogru has many years experience in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries working in development and senior management roles.  She has over 15 years of experience in the management and coordination of pre-clinical and clinical development of pharmaceutical products.

Paul Gavin (BSc (Hons), PhD)
Chief Scientific Officer

Dr Gavin is responsible for the global coordination and management of the company’s pre-clinical and clinical research.

Since joining the Company in 2002, Dr Gavin has developed opportunities in both the Company’s pharmaceutical and nutraceutical divisions such as transdermal drug delivery systems and drug enhancement platforms for chronic pain management.  He is an inventor of the TPM platform technology for transdermal delivery, and has managed its development from discovery to clinical development with a range of products.

Dr Gavin holds a Bachelor of Science (Hons) and a PhD in Biochemistry & Molecular Biology from Monash University, Melbourne.  He is experienced in many aspects of academic and commercial research and development and has published in peer journals.

Dr Butala joined the Company in 2009 and is responsible for the management of the Bioanalytical and CMC Department.  He is also responsible for the smooth scale-up of products from the Chemistry laboratory to the Hallmarc manufacturing facility where the process is validated and locked-in.

He has more than 15 years experience in Pharmaceutical industry - including R&D/QC Laboratory management, process development and scale-up of new drug candidates for clinical trials in Australia and overseas.  During this period Dr Butala gained considerable expertise in preparing technical data packages for TMF, DMF and IND submission to TGA and FDA.