Board of Directors
Dalton Gooding - Chairman
Mr Gooding was appointed to the Board on 14 November 2002. Mr Gooding, formerly a long-standing partner at Ernst & Young, is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia. Based on over 25 years experience, he is currently a partner of Gooding Pervan and advises to a wide range of businesses with particular emphasis relating to taxation and accounting issues, due diligence, feasibilities and general business advice. Mr Gooding also has a number of other directorships of companies in many different segments of business. Mr Gooding is also a director of other listed companies including Australian Wine Holdings Limited, Brierty Limited, SIPA Resources Limited and Katana Capital Limited.
Ian Macpherson -Deputy Chairman
Mr Macpherson was appointed to the Board on 5 March 2008 following completion of the merger with Visiomed Group Limited. Mr Macpherson is a graduate from the University of Western Australia with a Bachelor of Commerce (B.Comm). He commenced his career in commerce in 1978 prior to entering the Chartered Accounting profession. In July 1990 he resigned from the partnership of Arthur Anderson and Co to establish the firm of Ord Partners, Chartered Accountants.
Mr Macpherson advises on capital structuring, equity and debt raising, ASIC and Securities Exchange compliance procedures. He is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia. Mr Macpherson is also a director of other listed companies including Navigator Resources Limited and Nimrodel Resources Limited.
Dr William Dolphin Ph.D - CEO and Managing Director
Dr Dolphin was appointed to the Board on 5 March 2008 following completion of the merger with Visiomed Group Limited. Dr Dolphin was previously CEO of Visiomed Group Limited. Dr Dolphin holds a PhD in biophysics obtained from Boston University in 1989. He held appointments as Professor in the Departments of Biomedical Engineering and Biology at Boston University and served as President and Chief Technology Officer of a US-based contract research and development company. Dr Dolphin was subsequently the President, CEO and Chairman of a US medical device company.
In 2003 Dr Dolphin relocated to New Zealand and was CEO of a technology joint venture. Dr Dolphin has served as a director of numerous companies in the US, NZ and Australia, is the author of more than 60 peer-reviewed scientific articles, holds five US and international patents and was twice recipient of the National Research Service Award from the US National Institutes of Health.
Dr Paul Watt - Non-executive Director
Dr Watt was appointed to the Board on 5 March 2008 following completion of the merger with Visiomed Group Limited. Dr Watt is currently an Honorary Research Fellow at the Telethon Institute for Child Health Research and an adjunct Professor at the University of Western Australia. He received his doctorate from Oxford University and was a Post Doctoral Research Fellow at Harvard University and Oxford University.
Dr Watt is a recipient of a number of important research honours and awards, and has numerous scientific publications to his name for biomedical methods and inventions. He has registered 15 patent applications covering biotechnology products and drug delivery systems and is the inventor of the Funhaler incentive asthma spacer. Dr Watt is also a director of Phylogica Limited.
Fiona Wood - Non-executive Director
Clinical Professor Wood was re-appointed to the Board on 11 April 2006 following her earlier resignation from the Board on 31 December 2005. Professor Wood is currently Director of the Western Australian Burns Service and a Consultant Plastic Surgeon at both the Royal Perth and Princess Margaret hospitals. She is the Chairman of the McComb Research Foundation established in 1999 with co-founder Marie Stoner.
Clinical Professor Wood has been involved in a number of education and disaster response programs associated with her interest in burns and has published a variety of papers over the years. In addition, she has been the recipient of the 2003 Australian Medical Association "Contribution to Medicine" award and an Order of Australia Medal for her work with Bali bombing victims.
Professor Wood was named West Australian of the Year in 2004 and 2005 and was named as Australian of the Year in 2005.