Board of Directors

Brad O’Connor

Brad O’Connor has been Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Cogstate Limited since December 2005. He has responsibility for Cogstate’s overall strategic direction and day-to-day operations as well as development of expansion opportunities outside of the core clinical trials business.

Prior to taking the position of CEO at Cogstate, Mr O’Connor joined Cogstate as Chief Financial Officer and Company Secretary in May 2004. Prior to that, he held senior positions at Spherion Group, Australian Wine Exchange and PricewaterhouseCoopers. Mr O’Connor is a chartered accountant who holds a Bachelor of Business degree.

Other directorships and interests:

• Cogstate Inc
• Cogstate Health Inc
• Cogstate Healthcare LLC
• Cogstate Sports Pty Ltd

Martyn Myer AO

Mr Myer is Chair of the Doherty Institute at the University of Melbourne and the board of the Australian Chamber Orchestra. He previously served as Deputy Chancellor of the Council of the University of Melbourne, President of The Myer Foundation, one of two principle Myer Family philanthropic funds, President of the Howard Florey Institute of Experimental Physiology and Medicine and was a director of The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, where he participated in the transition of the Institute’s research focus towards diagnostic and therapeutic neuroscience, including a focus on degenerative brain diseases.

Other directorships and interests:

• Cogstate Inc
• Cogstate Health Inc
• Cogstate Healthcare LLC
• Cogstate Sports Pty Ltd
• Doherty Institute Council
• Australian Chamber Orchestra

Board Committee Memberships:

• Remuneration and Nomination Committee (Chair)
• Audit, Risk and Compliance Committee

Richard van den Broek

Mr van den Broek (Graduate of Harvard University, CFA) is founder and managing partner of HSMR Advisors LLC, a U.S. based fund manager with an investment emphasis on small and mid-cap biotech public companies.

From 2000 through 2003 he was a Partner at Cooper Hill Partners, LLC, an investment fund focused on the healthcare sector. Prior to that Mr. van den Broek had a ten year career as a biotech analyst, starting at Oppenheimer & Co., then Merrill Lynch, and finally at Hambrecht & Quist.

Other directorships and interests:

• PhaseBio Pharmaceuticals, Inc
• Pulse Biosciences, Inc

Board Committee Memberships:

• Remuneration and Nomination Committee

Richard Mohs

Dr. Mohs retired from Eli Lilly in 2015, where he held several leadership positions including Vice President for Neuroscience Early Clinical Development and Leader of the Global Alzheimer’s Drug Development Team. Before joining Eli Lilly in 2002, Dr. Mohs spent 23 years with the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in NY where he was Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Associate Chief of Staff for Research at the Bronx Veterans Affairs Medical Center.

Dr. Mohs received a Ph.D. in psychology from Stanford University and completed postdoctoral training in pharmacology at the Stanford University Medical School. He is the author or co-author of over 350 scientific papers, including those describing clinical trials that lead to the approval, in the US and other countries, of cholinergic drug treatments for Alzheimer’s disease.

Dr. Mohs is currently Chief Scientific Officer for the Global Alzheimer’s Platform (GAP) Foundation, a patient-centered, non-profit organization devoted to enhancing the speed and quality with which new treatments for Alzheimer’s disease are developed. He also serves as a consultant to academic institutions, foundations and biopharmaceutical companies, and is a member of the Board of Governors for the Alzheimer’s Drug Discovery Foundation.

Other directorships and interests:

• Board of Governors for the Alzheimer’s Drug Discovery Foundation

Board Committee Memberships:

• Remuneration and Nomination Committee
• Audit, Risk and Compliance Committee

Ingrid Player

Ms Player brings deep healthcare sector experience and strong commercial expertise to the Board of Cogstate.  She has held senior executive roles with Healthscope Ltd, a leading private healthcare provider in Australia, including the former positions of Group Executive – Legal, Governance and Sustainability, and General Counsel and Company Secretary from 2005 until 2019.

Ms Player also has considerable international commercial and regulatory experience that spans different markets and industries, which she gained in private legal practice in Australia and in The Netherlands.

Ms Player holds a Bachelor of Economics & Bachelor of Laws (Hons) from Monash University. She is a graduate member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and Fellow of the Governance Institute of Australia.

Other directorships and interests:

• Cleanaway Waste Management Ltd
• Epworth Foundation
• Integral Diagnostics

Board Committee Memberships:

• Remuneration and Nomination Committee
• Audit, Risk and Compliance Committee (Chair)

Kim Wenn

Ms Wenn brings extensive technology experience and strong commercial expertise to the Board of Cogstate, with over 30 years experience in innovation roles. Until July 2018, Kim held the role of Chief Information Officer at Tabcorp Holdings, an ASX50 listed company where Kim led a team of 1,200 technology experts to drive strategic direction through digital transformation. Kim’s experience includes, among other things, business strategy, governance and change management—with a focus on digital disruption.

Ms Wenn holds a Bachelor of Computer Science from Monash University and completed an Advanced Management Program from Harvard University. She is a graduate member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

Other directorships and interests:

• Bupa Asia Pacific entities (Bupa ANZ Insurance Pty Ltd, Bupa ANZ Healthcare Holdings Pty Ltd, Bupa HI Pty Ltd, Bupa HI Holdings Pty Ltd and Bupa Foundation (Australia) Limited)

Board Committee Memberships:

• Remuneration and Nomination Committee
• Audit, Risk and Compliance Committee

David Franks

Mr Franks is a Director and Principal of the Automic Group. He is a Chartered Accountant, Fellow of the Financial Services Institute of Australia, Fellow of the Governance Institute of Australia, Justice of the Peace, Registered Tax Agent and holds a Bachelor of Economics (Finance and Accounting) from Macquarie University. With over 20 years’ experience in finance, governance and accounting, Mr Franks has been CFO, Company Secretary and/or Director for numerous ASX listed and unlisted public and private companies, in a range of industries covering energy retailing, transport, financial services, mineral exploration, technology, automotive, software development and healthcare. Mr Franks is currently the Company Secretary for the following ASX Listed entities: AUB Group Limited, Aumake Limited, COG Financial Services Limited, JCurve Solutions Limited, Noxopharm Limited, Nyrada Inc, White Energy Company Limited and ZIP Co Limited.

Kristi Geddes

Kristi Geddes is Cogstate’s General Counsel and Company Secretary. In this role, Kristi acts as principal counsel and advisor to senior leadership and the Board of Directors. She has global responsibility for the company’s legal, contracting, governance and compliance activities.

Prior to joining Cogstate, Kristi was Special Counsel in MinterEllison’s Health and Life Sciences team, with a practice focused on the research, life sciences and biotechnology sector, and was previously In House Counsel at QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute. She has 20 years’ legal experience in private practice and in-house roles, and has undergraduate and post graduate qualifications across law, health and psychological science.