Summary of Experiences:

Zentalis Pharmaceuticals, NY │Senior Vice-President, Clinical Development May 2023– Dec 2023

Bayer Pharmaceuticals, NJ │Vice-President & Head GMA Oncology Pipeline Jun 2017– Apr 2023

Bayer Pharmaceuticals, NJ │Head of GMA Oncology Pipeline

Novartis Institute of Biomedical Research │Global Clinical Program Leader May 2009 –Jan 2011

AstraZeneca Oncology, UK │Global Brand Physician, Clinical Development   Apr 2007 –Apr 2009

AstraZeneca Oncology │Oncology Research Physician, Discovery Medicine Apr 2004 –Mar 2007

Covance Clinical Research Unit, UK │Medical Director Jun 2002 – Mar 2004

Highlight Achievements:

• Investigator for ~ 300 phase 1 studies in healthy volunteers over a 6.5-year period at Covance CRU.

• Contributed to the development of many agents, which are now approved and marketed drugs, such as: Nplate (Amgen), for treating idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura; Ramelteon (Takeda), for treating insomnia; Udenafil (Daichii), a phosphodieterase 5 inhibitor, for erectile dysfunction; Exenatide (AstraZeneca) for diabetes mellitus; Tekturna (aliskiren, Novartis), a rennin antagonist, for treating hypertension; Tadalafil (Cialis, Lilly) for erectile dysfunction; Artemether-lumefantrine (Coartem, Novartis) for treating malaria; and Sonidegib (Odomzo, Sun Pharma [Novartis]) for the treatment of locally advance or recurrent BCC.

• Honorary Lecturer, University of Leeds (1998-2003) for Certificate in Clinical Research course.

Education and Professional Qualifications

• Executive Management Education @ Harvard Business School: Strategic Agility, September 13-24, 2021.

• Executive Management Education @Harvard Business School: Disruptive Innovation, July 9-14, 2018.

• General Medical Council (UK) Registration

Limited Registration: June 1993 to June 1997

Full Registration (Principal List): since 11 June 1997

• Specialist Register (Pharmaceutical Medicine): since 22 August 2008

• Elected Fellow, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Medicine (FFPM, June 2008)

• Completed Specialist Training in Pharmaceutical Medicine (UK, Jan 2008)

• Diploma in Pharmaceutical Medicine (UK, 2000)

• Completed Modular course in Pharmaceutical Medicine, University of Wales, UK (2000)

• Diploma in Child Health (DCH), Royal College of Paediatrics & Child Health (UK, 1997)

• MB ChB, University of Ghana Medical School (1985-1991)

• President, Ghana Medical Students’ Association (1989/90)

• Presby. Boys’ Sixth Form Science College, Legon, Ghana (1982-1984); GCE Advanced Level:

Mathematics (A), Chemistry (A) and Physics (A)