Board of Directors
Dr Bernard Collins
Chairman
As Chairman of Aerogen’s board of directors, Dr Bernard Collins brings a wealth of business experience. He is Chairman of Vhi Healthcare and a board member of IDA Ireland. He serves on the Board of Directors of several U.S. and Irish life-science companies. Prior to forming Lifemed, his consultancy company, Dr Collins served for 10 years as Vice President of International Operations at Boston Scientific Corporation and before this held senior executive positions in life-science companies including Baxter Corporation. His general management experience in the medical device and health care industry spans start-ups, turnarounds, leveraged buyouts and IPOs for both large and small businesses.
Dr Collins holds a BA Honors in Applied Industrial Psychology/Business from University College Cork, Ireland and an honorary Doctorate in Law from the National University of Ireland Galway. He is a recipient of the prestigious RDS Gold Medal for Industry in recognition of his extraordinary contribution to the development of the biomedical industry in Ireland.
Dr Jane E. Shaw
(US) Chairperson Scientific Advisory Board
Dr Jane Shaw governs Aerogen’s scientific advisory board. She has been a director of Intel since 1993 and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Intel since May 2009. She is a Director and Board member of McKesson Corporation since 1992 where she is the Chair of the Committee on Directors and Corporate Governance and a member of the Audit Committee. In 2005 Dr Shaw retired as Chairman and CEO of Aerogen Inc. after serving as Chairman and CEO since 1998. Dr Shaw previously served as President and COO of ALZA Corporation, a pharmaceutical company, and was founder of The Stable Network, a biopharmaceutical consulting company. She is on the Board of several early stage life-science companies including Aerogen’s surgical drug delivery spin-out AeroSurgical.
Dr. Shaw received a BSc and PhD in Physiology from Birmingham University in England. In 2010 Dr Shaw was a recipient of the prestigious ODX Outstanding Directors Award for her performance in industry as a public company director.
Aerogen Board of Directors:
Mr Charlie Mulligan
Mr Conor McNamara
Mr Nevan Elam
Mr Paul Newman
