Board of Directors
Corporate Management
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Our Beginnings
TauRx Group Fact Sheet
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Corporate Management
| Prof. Claude Wischik, MD PhD. Executive Chairman and Co-founder |
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Prof. Wischik is board certified in psychiatry and Professor of Old Age Psychiatry at the University of Aberdeen, Scotland. A pioneer in tau research, Prof. Wischik’s work on Tau pathology began in 1985 in the laboratory of Sir Martin Roth, who was the first to correlate tangles with Alzheimer’s dementia, and later with Sir Aaron Klug (Nobel Laureate) at Cambridge University. Prof. Wischik subsequently discovered the Tau protein compositional structure of the Alzheimer tangles and established that it was possible to dissolve tangles with pharmaceutically viable compounds that act as Tau Aggregation Inhibitors. He also demonstrated a direct link between clinical dementia and Tau aggregation at the biochemical level, irrespective of ß-amyloid load in human brain. As TauRx chairman, Prof. Wischik has led the company to its present stage, has developed its portfolio of projects to the phase 2 clinical level and has worked with his Singaporean colleagues to raise a total of US$85m to date. |
| Mr Tay Siew Choon. Deputy Chairman |
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Mr Tay was the COO of Singapore Technologies Pte Ltd before he retired in 2004. Singapore Technologies was a multi-billion technology and industrial corporation and Mr Tay has many years of experience in managing diverse technology businesses. In addition to his position on the TauRx board, he is also a board member at WisTa Laboratories Ltd (a TauRx group company), Pan United Corporation Ltd and Straco Corporation Ltd. He holds a degree in electrical engineering and an MSc in systems engineering. |
| Dr Seng Shay Way, MD. Managing Director |
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Dr Seng is a practising obstetrician, gynaecologist and reproductive specialist in Gleneagles Hospital. Dr Seng received his medical degree from the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland and he is the first Singaporean to obtain the Masters of reproductive medicine from the University of New South Wales (Australia). He is currently a member of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, London and a fellow of the Academy of Medicine, Singapore. He is the Medical director of Fertility Solutions Pte Ltd and is also a board member of Age D’Or Healthcare Pte Ltd.
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| Mr. Lawrence Wong Kin Meng. Legal Advisor cum Company Secretary |
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Mr Wong was awarded a Bachelor of Laws (Honours) degree from the University of London in 1982 and called to the English Bar in 1983 as a Barrister. Received the highest placing amongst all Singapore candidates for that year and obtained placing within the top 5% (in order of merit) of the entire cohort of more than 1,600 candidates at the Bar Finals Examination in June 1983. Admitted to the Singapore Bar as an Advocate & Solicitor in 1984. Between 1984 and 2000, he has worked in several large and medium-sized law firms in Singapore before establishing his own law firm in 2000. He currently holds appointments as a Notary Public and Commissioner for Oaths. |
Corporate Management Support
| Mr Hong Wei Hwang. Finance Director |
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| Mr Hwang joined TauRx Pharmaceuticals Ltd in March 2010. Previously, he was Finance Director of LexisNexis Asia, a division of Reed Elsevier and a leading global provider of business information solutions, and prior to that held senior positions in finance in the IT and financial industry including being an audit manager at PricewaterhouseCoopers. Mr Hwang is a member of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Singapore and graduated with honours in Accountancy from the National University of Singapore. |
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